Islo Sandboxes vs Northflank Sandboxes

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Islo Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Starting credit, no card required
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.

Islo Sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Islo Sandboxes:
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Islo Sandboxes:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You need snapshots.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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