Northflank Sandboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
Max session
No limit

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Persistent disk $0.11657 per GiB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is free.
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Free Sandbox plan, up to $20 of resources a month, no card
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Northflank Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.067 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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