Northflank Sandboxes vs Superserve

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
Superserve: Not listed
Snapshots
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve:
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
Superserve:

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Superserve: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

Superserve fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need GDPR.

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