exe.dev vs Northflank Sandboxes

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

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.

exe.dev
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 20 vCPU · 40 GiB.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.105 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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