Namespace Devboxes vs Northflank Sandboxes

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
Not listed

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 20 vCPU · 40 GiB.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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