Northflank Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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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 want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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