Namespace Devboxes vs RemoteHost

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
RemoteHost
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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