Krova Cloud vs Northflank Sandboxes

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Northflank Sandboxes runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Krova Cloud
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Persistent disk $0.11657 per GiB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is free.
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Northflank Sandboxes: Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Northflank Sandboxes: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Persistent disk $0.11657 per GiB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is free.
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Northflank Sandboxes: Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Krova Cloud: No limit
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Northflank Sandboxes: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Krova Cloud:
Northflank Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Krova Cloud:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Krova Cloud
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.006
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.012
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.024
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.067 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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