Northflank Sandboxes vs Prized Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
Prized Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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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 24 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.130 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 20 vCPU · 40 GiB.

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