inis.run vs Northflank Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

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.

inis.run
Northflank Sandboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
inis.run: No
Northflank Sandboxes:
SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
inis.run: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
inis.run: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
inis.run: No limit
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
inis.run: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
inis.run: No
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
inis.run:
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
inis.run:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
inis.run: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

inis.run
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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