Northflank

Agents 4.2/10 Jun 18, 2026

Free Developer Sandbox (2 services, 2 jobs, 1 addon, 1 BYOC cluster); CPU $0.01667/vCPU-hr, memory $0.00833/GB-hr, storage $0.15/GB-mo, GPUs L4 $0.80/hr to H200 $3.14/hr; BYOC CPU

Card required: Yes

Northflank scores 4.2/10 for free value in Agents. The main constraint: Paid — $0 (Developer Sandbox) + pay-as-you-go; CPU $0.01667/vCPU-hr. Free Developer Sandbox (2 services, 2 jobs, 1 addon, 1 BYOC cluster); CPU $0.01667/vCPU-hr, memory $0.00833/GB-hr, storage $0.15/GB-mo, GPUs L4 $0.80/hr to H200 $3.14/hr; BYOC CPU drops to $0.01389/vCPU-hr.

Category Agents Kind Paid plan Card required Yes Eligibility anyone

Free value score

4.2 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.2/10

value = 4.2/100

weighted_components_v1

Execution 1/10

value = 0.1 $/mo

fixed_log_v1

Connectivity 7.5/10

value = 7.5/100

policy_score_v1

Production controls 7/10

value = 7/100

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Key metrics

1/mo Execution quota Uses stated quota when present; otherwise a conservative unpublished-quota floor.

1 Tool/model connectivity No published connector count found.

2 Production controls sandbox, sandboxes

$0 sandbox

$0.017/hr

PAYG

What you get

Paid — $0 (Developer Sandbox) + pay-as-you-go; CPU $0.01667/vCPU-hr. Free Developer Sandbox (2 services, 2 jobs, 1 addon, 1 BYOC cluster); CPU $0.01667/vCPU-hr, memory $0.00833/GB-hr, storage $0.15/GB-mo, GPUs L4 $0.80/hr to H200 $3.14/hr; BYOC CPU drops to $0.01389/vCPU-hr.

~$0.0167/vCPU-hr — roughly 65% cheaper CPU than Modal sandboxes and ~3x cheaper than E2B

Gotchas

2 services, 2 jobs, 1 addon

The free Developer Sandbox is limited to 2 services, 2 jobs, 1 addon and 1 BYOC cluster.
Card required to start

A credit card is required to create an account and use the Developer Sandbox.

Sources

"Northflank | $0.01667/vCPU-hr | $0.00833/GB-hr | $0.15/GB-month"
https://northflank.com/blog/best-persistent-sandbox-platforms
"This free plan allows you to deploy: 2 services 2 jobs 1 addon Up to 1 BYOC cluster"
https://northflank.com/docs/v1/application/billing/pricing-on-northflank

paid value agent-deployment

Open service Source ← All Agents

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