Namespace Devboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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