ix vs Northflank Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

ix

Cloud VMs with up to 100 vCPUs, billed by usage.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

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Northflank Sandboxes

MicroVM sandboxes for running untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Northflank Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Northflank Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: ix: MCP; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Northflank Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You need snapshots.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.101 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

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