AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Northflank Sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.
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AWS Lambda MicroVMs
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- 8 hours
Northflank Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Northflank Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
- Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
- Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
- Free tier
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Paid plan from
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
- GPU
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes:
- Snapshots
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- Northflank Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
- Integrations
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Northflank Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when
- You need snapshots.
Northflank Sandboxes fits when
- You need GPUs.
- You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
- You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
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