Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Sandbox0

Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Sandbox0 runs gVisor 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

Sandbox0

Long-running agent sandboxes with durable storage.

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

Visit site Sandbox0 profile

What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Sandbox0

Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Sandbox0: Up to 20
Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Sandbox0: gVisor
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sandbox0sandbox0.ai/pricingsandbox0.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Free
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Sandbox0

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Sandbox0: $0.120

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.

Sandbox0 fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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