Namespace Devboxes vs Sandock

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Sandock
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 use Claude Code.
  • You want to start without paying.

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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