boxes.dev vs Namespace Devboxes

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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boxes.dev

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Max session
Not listed

Namespace Devboxes

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

What is different

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

boxes.dev
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 10
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
boxes.dev:
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
boxes.dev:
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxes.dev: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxes.dev
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.188
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.375
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.750
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

  • You need snapshots.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2.

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