Lizard Sandboxes vs Namespace Devboxes

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

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.

Lizard Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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 need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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