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Namespace Devboxes vs Runtime

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Runtime costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
24 hours
Visit siteNamespace Devboxes profile

Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Max session
No limit
Visit siteRuntime profile

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Runtime
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Runtime: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Runtime: $0.0075
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Runtime: $0.000119 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Runtime: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Runtime: Active CPU time only
Max session
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
Runtime: No limit
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Runtime: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runtime: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Runtime: Up to 200
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Runtime: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Runtime: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
Runtime: OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Runtimewithruntime.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Runtime: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Runtime: $0.0075
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Runtime: $0.000119 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Runtime: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
Runtime: No limit
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Runtime: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runtime: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Runtime: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Runtime: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runtime: No
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runtime:
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Runtime:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Runtime: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
Runtime: OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runtime: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Runtime
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Runtime: $0.040
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Runtime: $0.080
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Runtime: $0.160

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Runtime fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.080 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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