Northflank Sandboxes vs Phonebox

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Phonebox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session
3 hours

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Phonebox
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
Phonebox: 3 hours
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Phonebox: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

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