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DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Namespace Devboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteDigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteNamespace Devboxes profile

What is different

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Billing
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Idle stop
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com
Namespace Devboxesnamespace.so

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Integrations
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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