Deno Sandbox vs Northflank Sandboxes

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Deno Sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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