EQVPS Sandboxes vs Namespace Devboxes

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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