Namespace Devboxes vs Phonebox

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Phonebox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session
3 hours

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Phonebox
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Phonebox: Up to 5
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

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