Celesto Cloud vs Northflank Sandboxes

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
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.

Celesto Cloud
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.067 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 32 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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