CreateOS Sandbox vs Northflank Sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.
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CreateOS Sandbox
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Starting credit of 500 credits
- Max session
- No limit
Northflank Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
CreateOS Sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
- Storage
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
- Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
- Largest sandbox
- CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
- Isolation
- CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
- GPU
- CreateOS Sandbox: No
- Northflank Sandboxes:
- SDKs
- CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
- Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
- Storage
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
- Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
- Free tier
- CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Paid plan from
- CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
- Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
- GPU
- CreateOS Sandbox: No
- Northflank Sandboxes:
- Snapshots
- CreateOS Sandbox:
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- CreateOS Sandbox:
- Northflank Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
- Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
- Integrations
- CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
- Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
CreateOS Sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
CreateOS Sandbox fits when
- You need snapshots.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
- You need ISO 27001.
Northflank Sandboxes fits when
- You need GPUs.
- You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
- You need HIPAA.
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