BoxLite Cloud vs Northflank Sandboxes

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

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.

BoxLite Cloud
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.158 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 · 32 GiB.

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