Anthropic Code Execution vs Namespace Devboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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Anthropic Code Execution

Isolation
Container
Free tier
1,550 free hours per month
Max session
Not listed

Namespace Devboxes

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

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 5 GiB.

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