Declaw vs Northflank Sandboxes

Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

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.

Declaw
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Declaw: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Declaw: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Declaw: 72 hours
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Declaw: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Declaw: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Declaw:
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Declaw:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Declaw: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Declaw: Deploy in your VPC. Book a call.
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Declaw
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Declaw: $0.083
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Declaw: $0.166
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: $0.331
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Declaw fits when

  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 16 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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