Agent Sandbox vs Northflank Sandboxes

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

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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