Namespace Devboxes vs Sailboxes

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Sailboxes: Per second
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need HIPAA.

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