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Remote development machines and workspaces for people and coding agents. Each row comes from that provider's own documentation, checked on the date shown; follow a name for the full comparison and its sources. "Not documented" means their public docs don't say.

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Cloud development environments compared: Sandboxer and 14 providers
ProviderIsolationPause and resume with memoryLongest sessionBilling4 vCPU / 8 GB per hourChecked
SandboxermicroVMYesNo limit on paid plansPer second, flat rate per size$0.036today
boxes.devseparate cloud machine per agentPartlyNot documentedper second of awake time; plans $19/$99/$249 per user per month include hours, extra hours $0.60/h$0.602026-10-24
CapyFirecracker microVMNosleeps ~2 min after work stops; background commands up to 6 hper hour while awake, prorated$0.402026-10-24
Cube ComputerNot documentedNono limitper minute, CPU + memory, plus storage$0.0362026-10-24
DatalayerNot documentedNot documentedNot documentedcredits—2026-10-24
exe.devVM (own VMM process per VM)Not documentedNot documentedmonthly plan for a shared vCPU/RAM pool plus metered overage$0.212026-10-24
GitHub Codespacescontainer on a VMNot documented12 h maximum lifetime; idle timeout 30 min default, up to 240 minper hour by core count plus storage $0.07/GB-month$0.362026-10-24
Lightning AI StudiosNot documentedPartlyfree: restart every 4 h; paid: none listedcredits, billed per second—2026-10-24
Namespace Devboxesfull VMNot documented3 h (Developer, Devbox Plus), 5 h (Team), 24 h (Business)per Devbox minute ($0.004; size multiplier S=1 to XL=8) plus storage $0.20/GB-month—2026-10-24
OnaVM per environmentNot documentedNot documentedOCU credits (e.g. 1 OCU/hour for 4 vCPU / 16 GB on Core)—2026-10-24
PrizedFirecracker microVM (sandboxes); dedicated VM (boxes)Partlyfree tier: 60 minutes per sandboxper second (sandboxes, vCPU + memory + disk); hourly awake/asleep (boxes)$0.262026-10-24
Replicasvirtual machineYessleeps after 30 min idleper awake minute by size, inside a monthly plan$0.482026-10-24
Sealos DevBoxKubernetes-based (isolation not stated)Not documentedNot documentedfixed monthly packages—2026-10-24
Tencent Cloud StudioNot documentedNot documented24 h per shutdown timer, renewableper hour by size (CNY), or prepaid compute-hour packs—2026-10-24
Zo ComputerNot documentedPartlyno limit on paid plans (always on)monthly plans ($18/$64/$200) plus AI credits—2026-10-24

Prices are list prices for one 4 vCPU, 8 GB machine-hour where the provider sells one, before credits, plans and storage; each comparison page shows the arithmetic. Names are trademarks of their owners; Sandboxer is not affiliated with them.

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