Northflank Sandboxes vs Prime Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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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 $0.090 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You need snapshots.

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