EQVPS Sandboxes vs Northflank Sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Northflank Sandboxes runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.
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EQVPS Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Max session
- 720 hours
Northflank Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Cloud Hypervisor microVM
- Free tier
- Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
- Max session
- No limit
What is different
8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
EQVPS Sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
- Storage
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- Northflank Sandboxes: Persistent disk $0.11657 per GiB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is free.
- Free tier
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Northflank Sandboxes: Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
- Max session
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
- Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
- Largest sandbox
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
- Isolation
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- Northflank Sandboxes: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
- SDKs
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
- Storage
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- Northflank Sandboxes: Persistent disk $0.11657 per GiB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is free.
- Free tier
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Northflank Sandboxes: Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
- Paid plan from
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
- Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
- Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
- Idle stop
- EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- Northflank Sandboxes: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
- GPU
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes:
- Snapshots
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes:
- Pause and resume
- EQVPS Sandboxes:
- Northflank Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
- Integrations
- EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
EQVPS Sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
EQVPS Sandboxes fits when
- You use MCP or Claude Code.
Northflank Sandboxes fits when
- You need GPUs.
- A session must run longer than 720 hours.
- You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need snapshots.
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