Northflank Sandboxes vs Perplexity Sandbox

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Perplexity Sandbox
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

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

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Perplexity Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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