boxes.dev vs Northflank Sandboxes

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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boxes.dev

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Max session
Not listed

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxes.dev
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 10
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
boxes.dev:
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
boxes.dev:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxes.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxes.dev
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.188
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.375
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.750
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

  • You need snapshots.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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