Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Prime Sandboxes

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolated sandbox sessions for running code on Azure.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions profile

Prime Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes for AI agents and RL.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Prime Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Prime Sandboxes

Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessionsazure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-appsazure.microsoft.com

Prime Sandboxesdocs.primeintellect.ai/sandboxes/overviewdocs.primeintellect.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Prime Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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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.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.

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