Namespace Devboxes vs Sandbox0

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Sandbox0: Free
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Sandbox0: Memory only
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Sandbox0: $0.120

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 use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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