Northflank Sandboxes vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Tensorlake Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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