Northflank Sandboxes vs Sandbox0

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Sandbox0: Free
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 and HIPAA.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.067 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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