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Namespace Devboxes vs Solari

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours
Visit siteSolari profile

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Solari
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Solari: Per second
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Solari: Up to 10
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Solaridocs.getsolari.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Solari:
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Solari:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Solari
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Solari: $0.342

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 want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.171 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Solari fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need HIPAA.

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