boxd vs Namespace Devboxes

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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boxd

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 credit with a payment method
Max session
Not listed

Namespace Devboxes

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

What is different

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

boxd
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Billing
boxd: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxd: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
boxd: Claude Code
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • 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 $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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