boat vs Namespace Devboxes

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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boat

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Free trial with 25 hours
Max session
No limit

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.

boat
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
boat: $0.009
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Storage
boat: Free
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
boat: Free trial with 25 hours
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
boat: $20 / month
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boat: $0.009
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
boat: Included
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
boat: Free
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
boat: Free trial with 25 hours
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
boat: $20 / month
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boat: Bundled machine time
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
boat: No limit
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
boat: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boat: Up to 2,000
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boat: Full VM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
boat: No
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
boat:
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
boat:
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
boat: MCP
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
boat: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boat: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boat
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boat: $0.009
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boat: $0.018
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boat: $0.036
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boat fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.018 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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