Northflank Sandboxes vs Sendblue Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Sendblue Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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 want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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