Northflank Sandboxes vs Sailboxes

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Sailboxes: $0.124

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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 the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.067 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need SOC 2.

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