InstaVM vs Northflank Sandboxes
InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.
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InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
6 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
InstaVM
Northflank Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
InstaVMinstavm
Northflank Sandboxesnorthflank
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- InstaVM: Per second
- Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
- GPU
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes:
- Snapshots
- InstaVM:
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- InstaVM:
- Northflank Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
- Integrations
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
InstaVM
Northflank Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.083
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.166
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.331
- Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
InstaVM fits when
- You need snapshots.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
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