Northflank Sandboxes vs Unikraft Cloud

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

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Unikraft Cloud
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Northflank Sandboxes
Unikraft Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

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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.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need GDPR.

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