BoxCompute vs Namespace Devboxes

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
42 hours

Namespace Devboxes

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

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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