Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs RemoteHost

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
RemoteHost
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
RemoteHost: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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