CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Namespace Devboxes

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

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.

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • 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 $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need SOC 2.

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