Docker Sandboxes vs Namespace Devboxes
Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.
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Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Max session
- Not listed
Namespace Devboxes
- Isolation
- Full VM
- Free tier
- 30-day free trial
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Docker Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Docker Sandboxesdocker
Namespace Devboxesnamespace
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Namespace Devboxes: Included
- Storage
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
- GPU
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Namespace Devboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Docker Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Docker Sandboxes fits when
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You use MCP.
- You need snapshots.
Namespace Devboxes fits when
- You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
- You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.140 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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