Northflank Sandboxes vs Novita Sandbox

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.117 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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