Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Thunder Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker 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

Thunder Sandboxesthundercompute.com/pricingthundercompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

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

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