{"company":{"name":"Northflank","slug":"northflank","website":"https://northflank.com","category":"cloud-hosting"},"question":"What has Northflank shipped recently?","answer":"In the last 30 days, Northflank shipped 16 tracked updates. The most recent was \"August & September 2026 | Changelog\" on 2026-09-24.","window":{"days":30,"updateCount":16,"returned":16},"generatedAt":"2026-10-17T12:40:51.081Z","updates":[{"title":"August & September 2026 | Changelog","summary":"Northflank introduced Harnesses for running coding agents in managed workspaces with persistent storage and browser terminals, alongside self-service microVMs on BYOC for untrusted workloads. The platform also added organization-wide security policies, customer-managed envelope encryption, AWS EU Sovereign Control Plane support, and Nebius as a new BYOC provider.","date":"2026-09-24","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/changelog/august-and-september-2026","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"How to choose a bring your own cloud (BYOC) platform for your enterprise","summary":"## TL;DR: how to choose a bring your own cloud platform - **Genuine BYOC means the workload data plane runs in your cloud account, user traffic enters your VPC directly, and infrastructure costs bill at standard rates with no markup.** Most platforms that use the term do not meet all three. - **Evaluate a BYOC platform across ten criteria:** data plane placement, control plane location, VPC networking, deployment requirements, upgrade model, team isolation, managed services, observability and au","date":"2026-09-24","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-bring-your-own-cloud-platform-for-your-enterprise","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Best AI agent harnesses in 2026","summary":"## TL;DR: Best AI agent harnesses in 2026 The best AI agent harness depends on how you want to run agents, customize their behavior, and manage their work: 1. **Northflank Cloud Harness:** Best for developers and teams that want to run coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Pi, or your own agent) in secure, managed cloud workspaces instead of on local machines. Collaborate with your teammates in shared environments, keep files between sessions, and run agents on managed cloud infra","date":"2026-09-24","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/best-ai-agent-harnesses-for-enterprise-teams","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Control plane vs data plane in BYOC: What runs where?","summary":"Control plane vs data plane in Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) is a separation of responsibilities: the control plane manages deployments and configuration, while the data plane runs applications and processes workload data. In a common BYOC architecture, the vendor hosts the control plane and your cloud account hosts the data plane. Some deployments place both planes in your environment. For your enterprise, evaluating BYOC means understanding both where components run and who operates them. This g","date":"2026-09-23","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/control-plane-vs-data-plane-byoc","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"GPU autoscaling: How to scale without wasting capacity","summary":"GPU autoscaling reduces wasted capacity when you scale application replicas using workload demand, coordinate GPU node capacity with those replicas, and release idle infrastructure while meeting your latency or job-completion targets. Reducing replica count alone can leave GPU nodes running and your team paying for unused capacity. This guide explains how to choose scaling metrics, account for model startup, configure scale-down, and measure the results, using inference services as the main exam","date":"2026-09-23","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/gpu-autoscaling","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Northflank vs Runloop: AI sandboxes, pricing, and infrastructure compared","summary":"## TL;DR: Northflank vs Runloop Northflank and Runloop both provide isolated execution environments for AI agents and untrusted code. Northflank combines [sandboxing](https://northflank.com/docs/v1/application/sandboxes/quickstart) and microVM-backed isolation with the infrastructure needed to run everything an AI agent creates, while Runloop focuses on Devbox environments for AI coding agents. - **Northflank combines [sandboxed execution](https://northflank.com/docs/v1/application/sandboxes/qui","date":"2026-09-23","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-vs-runloop","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"How do ephemeral environments reduce infrastructure costs?","summary":"## TL;DR: how ephemeral environments reduce infrastructure costs - **Persistent environments accumulate infrastructure costs** even when nobody is using them. Idle compute, overprovisioned resources, and environments that are left running after work is complete all contribute to unnecessary spend. - **Ephemeral environments reduce this waste** by provisioning infrastructure on demand and automatically managing its lifecycle. TTLs, automatic teardown, scale-to-zero, database forking, and path fil","date":"2026-09-22","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/how-do-ephemeral-environments-reduce-infrastructure-costs","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Northflank vs Blaxel: AI sandboxes, pricing, and infrastructure compared","summary":"## TL;DR: Northflank vs Blaxel Northflank and Blaxel both provide isolated execution environments for AI agents and untrusted code. Northflank combines sandboxing and microVM-backed isolation with the broader infrastructure needed to build, deploy, and run AI applications, while Blaxel focuses on persistent sandbox environments for agent workloads. - **Northflank combines sandboxed execution with the rest of the application stack**, including Cloud Harnesses, services, workers, jobs, managed dat","date":"2026-09-22","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-vs-blaxel","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Northflank vs Daytona: sandboxes, pricing, and infrastructure compared","summary":"## TL;DR: Northflank vs Daytona Northflank and Daytona both provide isolated sandbox environments for AI agents and untrusted code execution. Northflank integrates Sandboxes and microVM-backed isolation into a broader application and AI infrastructure platform, while Daytona focuses on programmable sandbox environments for AI-generated code. - **Northflank combines sandboxed execution with the rest of the application stack**, including Cloud Harnesses, services, workers, jobs, managed databases,","date":"2026-09-21","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-vs-daytona","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"How to run the Codex AI coding agent securely in the cloud","summary":"Running Codex securely in the cloud entails setting up an isolated coding workspace and limiting the files, credentials, and network connections the AI coding agent can access. A Codex sandbox adds command-level restrictions as the agent edits code, executes commands, and runs tests in that workspace. This article shows you how to run Codex securely in the cloud with Northflank Cloud Harnesses, from setting up your workspace and configuring access to running your first task. ## TL;DR: How to run","date":"2026-09-21","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/run-codex-in-the-cloud","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"How to run the Claude Code AI coding agent securely in the cloud","summary":"Running Claude Code securely in the cloud means giving it an isolated workspace and limiting access to files, credentials, and network connections. Claude Code is an AI coding agent that can edit files, run commands, and test changes. When enabled on a supported platform, Claude Code’s built-in Bash sandbox adds filesystem and network restrictions for sandboxed shell commands and their child processes. This article shows you how to run Claude Code securely in the cloud with Northflank Cloud Harn","date":"2026-09-21","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/run-claude-code-in-the-cloud","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"How to create secure preview environments with isolated sandboxes","summary":"A pull request can change the application, its dependencies, and the scripts that run during a build. If its preview inherits production credentials or unrestricted access to internal services, code awaiting review already has more authority than it needs. Creating secure preview environments with isolated sandboxes means controlling both where that code executes and what it can reach. This guide covers the runtime boundary, configuration, data, networking, reviewer access, and checks needed to ","date":"2026-09-18","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/secure-preview-environments-with-isolated-sandboxes","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Coding-agent orchestration: How to manage agents across enterprise teams","summary":"Coding agents working across several engineering teams can produce overlapping changes, consume shared test capacity, and leave work waiting for an owner. Your teams need a consistent way to assign tasks, control access, coordinate dependencies, and review the results. Coding-agent orchestration connects task assignment, execution, and review. This guide explains how to organize that workflow across teams, with clear ownership, controlled workspaces, and a defined path to accepted changes. ## TL","date":"2026-09-18","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/coding-agent-orchestration","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Northflank vs Fly.io Sprites: which platform fits your requirements?","summary":"## TL;DR: Northflank vs Fly Sprites - **Fly Sprites fit teams that want persistent Linux environments for AI agents**, with Firecracker isolation, durable filesystems, automatic sleep and wake, and checkpoints. - **Northflank fits startups, enterprises, platform and AI teams that need production-grade isolated execution and the infrastructure around it**, with microVM-backed Sandboxes, GPUs, services, workers, jobs, managed databases, persistent volumes, Preview Blueprints, Harnesses, and workfl","date":"2026-09-18","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-vs-flyio-sprites","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Northflank vs Fly.io: which deployment platform should you choose?","summary":"## TL;DR: Northflank vs Fly.io - **Fly.io fits developers and teams that need distributed deployments** with Firecracker-based isolation, Anycast routing, and scale-to-zero Machines. Workloads run on Fly.io's managed infrastructure across its global regions, with no BYOC option. - **Northflank fits startups, enterprises, and platform teams that want one self-serve control plane for applications, managed databases, GPU workloads, microVM-backed Sandboxes, and AI coding environments**, with Northf","date":"2026-09-18","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-vs-flyio","publisher":"northflank.com"},{"title":"Northflank vs Qovery: which platform fits your requirements?","summary":"## TL;DR: Northflank vs Qovery - **Qovery fits small teams with no DevOps experience** that want a self-service platform for Kubernetes running in their own AWS, GCP, Azure, or Scaleway account, with managed cluster operations, built-in CI/CD, preview environments, and observability. - **Northflank fits startups, enterprises, and platform teams** that want one self-serve platform for application deployment, managed databases, GPU workloads, microVM-backed Sandboxes, Harnesses, preview environmen","date":"2026-09-17","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-vs-qovery","publisher":"northflank.com"}],"attribution":{"source":"Spyingbee","url":"https://spyingbee.com/updates/northflank","citation":"Spyingbee, \"Northflank updates\", https://spyingbee.com/updates/northflank (retrieved 2026-10-17)"}}