Northflank Sandboxes vs Sandock

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Sandock
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Related