Cloudflare Sandbox vs Namespace Devboxes

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Namespace Devboxes

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

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.

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