Namespace Devboxes vs Perplexity Sandbox

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Perplexity Sandbox
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

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

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Perplexity Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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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 pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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