Agent Sandbox vs Namespace Devboxes

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Namespace Devboxes
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2.

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