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Namespace Devboxes vs Runloop

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

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Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteNamespace Devboxes profile

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteRunloop profile

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Runloop: $50 credit
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Namespace Devboxesnamespace.so
Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Runloop: $0.634

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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 want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

Runloop fits when

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

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