Namespace Devboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
24 hours

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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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 $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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