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Paid plans start at $12/mo. There's also a free plan.
Northflank’s free Sandbox plan includes two services, two jobs, one database, up to $20/month of Northflank Cloud resources, and one BYOC cluster with up to 12 vCPU and 48 GB. It also includes unlimited users and no sleeping. For production, Pay as you go starts at $0.01667 per vCPU hour, billed to the second with no seat fees. Memory, persistent storage, IOPS, throughput, egress and GPUs add separate usage charges, so estimate the whole workload rather than just its compute plan.
01Every plan, line by line
| Plan | Billed annually | Billed monthly | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbox | — | $0 | Individuals testing small workloads |
| Pay as you go | — | Quote | Teams running production workloads |
| Enterprise | — | Quote | Organizations needing enterprise controls |
Add-ons and overages
- Compute plans start at $12/month for 0.5 vCPU and 1 GB; other listed examples range to $192/month for 8 vCPU and 16 GB.
- Northflank Cloud CPU: $0.01667/vCPU/hour; memory: $0.00833/GB/hour.
- Persistent disk: $0.11657/GiB/month; additional IOPS: $7.37 per 1,000 IOPS/month; additional throughput: $5.85 per 100 MiB/s/month.
- Network egress: $0.06/GB; dedicated egress gateway: $15/month.
- Northflank Cloud GPUs: $0.80–$5.87/hour for listed models; BYOC GPU fee: $1/GB VRAM/month. No seat fees.
02What the plan grid doesn't tell you
Memory and compute
Northflank Cloud memory is $0.00833/GB/hour. Compute plans start at $12/month for 0.5 vCPU and 1 GB; listed examples reach $192/month for 8 vCPU and 16 GB.
Storage performance
Persistent disk costs $0.11657/GiB/month. Additional IOPS cost $7.37 per 1,000 IOPS/month, and added throughput costs $5.85 per 100 MiB/s/month.
Network egress
Network egress is $0.06/GB. A dedicated egress gateway costs $15/month.
GPU usage
Listed Northflank Cloud GPUs cost $0.80–$5.87/hour. BYOC GPU fees are $1/GB VRAM/month.
03Which plan should you buy?
| If you are… | Get | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Individual testing small workloads | Sandbox | Free with limited services, jobs, database and cloud-resource allowance, plus one capped BYOC cluster. |
| Startup in production | Pay as you go | Usage-based billing starts at $0.01667 per vCPU hour and includes unlimited users, deployments and workloads. |
| Organization needing enterprise controls | Enterprise | Custom platform fee, usage, support and SLA, with options including SAML, SCIM, audit logging and air-gapped environments. |
04Is Northflank worth the money?
Northflank’s free Sandbox is a reasonable place to try a small service or agent workload, provided the two-service, two-job and $20/month cloud-resource limits fit. Production pricing is usage-based rather than seat-based, but the CPU rate is only part of the bill: memory, storage performance, egress and GPUs add costs. Pay as you go is the relevant plan for production workloads; organizations that need SAML, SCIM, custom support or an air-gapped setup should ask for an Enterprise quote. The pricing page lists no annual billing option.
Northflank pricing FAQ
Is Northflank free?
Yes. Sandbox costs $0 and includes two services, two jobs, one database, up to $20/month in Northflank Cloud resources and one BYOC cluster with up to 12 vCPU and 48 GB. Usage beyond included resources can be billed separately.
What is Northflank’s starting price?
The Sandbox plan is free. Pay as you go starts at $0.01667 per vCPU hour. Compute plans start at $12/month for 0.5 vCPU and 1 GB, with other costs for memory, storage, egress and optional resources.
Does Northflank charge per seat?
No seat fees are listed. Sandbox includes unlimited users, and Pay as you go lists unlimited users, deployments and workloads. Enterprise pricing is custom and may include a custom platform fee, usage, support and SLA.
How is Northflank usage billed?
Usage is billed to the second, with the Pay as you go plan priced per vCPU hour. Northflank Cloud memory, persistent disk, extra IOPS and throughput, egress and GPU usage have separate listed rates. The pricing page lists no annual billing option.