Namespace Devboxes vs Superserve

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Superserve: Per second
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Superserve:
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Superserve:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Superserve:

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Superserve: $0.331

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

Superserve fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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