Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Sandbox as a Service

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Sandbox as a Service
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

  • You use LangChain.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

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