DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs Namespace Devboxes

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
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.

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime 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 each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.126 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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