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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/northflank.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/northflank.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Lambda Cloud for agent ergonomics (+15).\n\nPick Northflank for reliability (+15), schema \u0026 documentation (+12), security \u0026 auth (+15), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+60).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Lambda Cloud | Northflank | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 65 | Northflank +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 81 | Northflank +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 48 | Lambda Cloud +15 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 75 | Northflank +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Northflank +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 5 | 65 | Northflank +60 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 60 | Northflank +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.1 · D** | **61.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Lambda Cloud | Northflank |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Model platform |\n| Vendor | Lambda | Northflank |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.lambda.ai/api/v1` | `https://api.northflank.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | Token |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-24 |\n| Popularity | none | 19k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Lambda Cloud.** H100 SXM at $3.99 and B200 at $6.69 an hour with per-minute billing. No scale to zero, autoscaling or endpoints; an idle VM bills until terminated.\n\n**Northflank.** OpenAPI 3.0 with over 100 paths, enums and `per_page`, `page` and `cursor` on every list. No scale to zero for services; minimum instances must be at least 1.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Lambda Cloud\n\n1. Call `GET /instance-types` first and read `regions_with_capacity_available` before trying to launch\n2. Space launch calls 12 seconds apart; a sixth in a minute returns 429 with `global/rate-limited`\n3. Branch on the error `code`, not the `message` or `suggestion`, which Lambda says may change\n4. List instances before retrying a failed launch, since there's no idempotency key and a retry can start a second machine\n5. Terminate the instance in a `finally` block; billing runs by the minute until you do\n\n### Northflank\n\n1. Issue the agent a team token under an API role limited to one project, not a personal token\n2. Read `x-ratelimit-remaining` and wait `x-ratelimit-reset` seconds on a 429; the default is 1,000 calls an hour\n3. Page lists with `per_page` up to 100 and the returned `cursor` instead of numbered pages\n4. Use a job, not a service, for anything that finishes; services bill until paused or deleted\n5. 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