Northflank Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Northflank Sandboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Northflank Sandboxes:
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Northflank Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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