Blaxel vs Namespace Devboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

Visit site Blaxel profile

Namespace Devboxes

Dev environments for AI coding agents.

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

Visit site Namespace Devboxes profile

What is different

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

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Blaxel

Namespace Devboxes

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Namespace Devboxesnamespace.so/pricingnamespace.so

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Blaxel:; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

Namespace Devboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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