Northflank Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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