Namespace Devboxes vs Prime Sandboxes

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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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 need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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