AgentBay vs Northflank Sandboxes

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AgentBay
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.099 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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