CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Northflank Sandboxes

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

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.

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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