InstaVM vs Namespace Devboxes
InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.
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InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
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.
InstaVM
Namespace Devboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Namespace Devboxes: Included
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- InstaVM: Per second
- Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
InstaVMinstavm
Namespace Devboxesnamespace
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Namespace Devboxes: Included
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- InstaVM: Per second
- Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
- GPU
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- InstaVM:
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- InstaVM:
- Namespace Devboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
- Integrations
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Trust
- License
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
InstaVM
Namespace Devboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.083
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.166
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.331
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
InstaVM fits when
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You need snapshots.
- You need SOC 2 Type II.
Namespace Devboxes fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
- You use Claude Code.
- You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
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