CreateOS Sandbox vs Namespace Devboxes

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

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.

CreateOS Sandbox
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • 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 need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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