Namespace Devboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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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 pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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