Namespace Devboxes vs Upstash Box

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Namespace Devboxes

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

Upstash Box

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Upstash Box: $0.10
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Upstash Box: $0.400

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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 $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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