Morph vs Northflank Sandboxes

Morph costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Morph runs full VMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Morph

Snapshot, branch and restore whole machines.

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

Visit site Morph profile

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

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

Field

Morph

Northflank Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Morph: $0.05; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour: Morph: Included; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Billing: Morph: Bundled machine time; Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation: Morph: Full VM; Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Morphcloud.morph.so/web/subscribecloud.morph.so

Northflank Sandboxesnorthflank.com/pricingnorthflank.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Morph: $0.05; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour: Morph: Included; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage: Morph: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier: Morph: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Morph: Pay as you go; Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Morph: Bundled machine time; Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Morph: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Morph: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Morph: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Morph: Up to 128; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Morph: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Morph

Northflank Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Morph: $0.050; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Morph: $0.100; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Morph: $0.200; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Morph fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need snapshots.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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