Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs OpenPond Sandboxes

OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

2 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
OpenPond Sandboxes
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
OpenPond Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use LangChain.

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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