Mosaic Sandbox vs Namespace Devboxes

Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.

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Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
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.

Mosaic Sandbox
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Storage
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Largest sandbox
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
GPU
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Mosaic Sandbox:
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Mosaic Sandbox:
Namespace Devboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Mosaic Sandbox
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.050 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 need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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