Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Northflank Sandboxes

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need SOC 2.

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 $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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