Namespace Devboxes vs Together Sandbox

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Together Sandbox

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
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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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 use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Together Sandbox fits when

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

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