Developer Tools · head to head
Namespace vs Teleport
Namespace
Developer Tools
The dev platform for the next 100 billion commits
- From
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
Teleport
Cybersecurity
Certificate-based access to servers, Kubernetes, databases and apps, replacing shared credentials and VPNs
- From
- On request
- Free plan
- No
The short version
- Only Namespace has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Namespace developer plan is pay-as-you-go only; minimum usage unclear; Teleport pricing is not published and is described as active users plus protected resources, so an autoscaling estate cannot forecast the bill and finance teams discover the true cost only after the first true-up.
- They diverge on capability: Namespace covers Devboxes, Teleport covers Short-lived certificates.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Namespace and Teleport actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Namespace
- Devboxes
- GitHub Actions runners
- Docker builds
- Cross-invocation caching
- NVMe storage
- High-speed networking
- Multiple OS support
- Bazel and Turborepo support
Only in Teleport
- Short-lived certificates
- Protocol coverage
- Session recording and replay
- Access Requests
- Device Trust
- Identity provider integration
- Machine identity
- FIPS and FedRAMP builds
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Namespace
- Providing AI coding agents with cloud-based development environmentsnot Teleport
- Accelerating CI builds with faster GitHub Actions runnersnot Teleport
- Distributing builds across teams with managed infrastructurenot Teleport
- Scaling development velocity for monorepo organizationsnot Teleport
Teleport
- Removing long-lived SSH keys and shared database passwords so that offboarding an engineer takes one action in the identity providernot Namespace
- Producing session recordings and per-user database audit trails as direct evidence for SOC 2 or FedRAMPnot Namespace
- Giving contractors or on-call engineers time-boxed, approved access to production instead of standing admin rightsnot Namespace
- Replacing a flat VPN with per-resource authorisation across servers, Kubernetes and internal web appsnot Namespace
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Namespace
- Developer plan is pay-as-you-go only; minimum usage unclear
- Team plan $100/mo is competitive but usage limits may be tight
- Devbox pricing separate at $0.004/minute could add up quickly
- Enterprise plan requires custom sales conversation
Teleport
- Pricing is not published and is described as active users plus protected resources, so an autoscaling estate cannot forecast the bill and finance teams discover the true cost only after the first true-up.
- The proxy is a hard dependency on reaching production, so it needs its own high availability deployment and a tested break-glass path or an outage in Teleport becomes an outage in your ability to respond to outages.
- The open source Community Edition omits Access Requests, Device Trust and the FIPS builds, which are exactly the controls an auditor asks about, so the free tier rarely survives a compliance review.
- Self-hosting means running and upgrading a certificate authority and its backing store, and Teleport releases frequently enough that upgrade work becomes a standing operational commitment.
- Coverage across protocols is uneven in depth, so teams with legacy systems, unusual databases or bespoke network appliances find gaps that still require the old VPN to remain in place alongside it.
Pricing, plan by plan
Namespace
Free- DeveloperFree
- Pay-as-you-go
- On-demand compute
- Docker builds
- Team$100/month
- 100,000 unit minutes
- 1,000 Docker builds
- Everything in Developer
- Business$250/month
- 250,000 unit minutes
- 2,500 Docker builds
- Everything in Team
- Enterprise$undefined/custom
- Custom compute/Docker build limits
- Audit log export
- Enterprise SSO
Teleport
On request- Teleport Community Edition$undefined/year
- Open source, self-hosted
- SSH, Kubernetes, database and app access
- Session recording
- Teleport Enterprise$undefined/year
- Cloud-hosted or self-hosted
- Access Requests and approval workflow
- Device Trust and hardware key enforcement
Which should you pick?
Choose Namespace if
- You need devboxes.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Cloud, Mac, Windows, Linux.
- You also want github actions runners.
Choose Teleport if
- You need short-lived certificates.
- You work on Linux, macOS, Windows, Kubernetes, Cloud.
- You also want protocol coverage.
Questions people ask
- Is Namespace or Teleport better?
- Neither clearly leads. Namespace starts at Free and Teleport at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Namespace or Teleport?
- Namespace has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Namespace and On request for Teleport.
- Does Namespace or Teleport run on more platforms?
- Namespace runs on Cloud, Mac, Windows, Linux. Teleport runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, Kubernetes, Cloud.
- Can I use Namespace for free?
- Yes. Namespace has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Teleport starts at On request.
- What is Namespace best used for?
- Namespace is most often used for providing ai coding agents with cloud-based development environments, accelerating ci builds with faster github actions runners, distributing builds across teams with managed infrastructure, scaling development velocity for monorepo organizations. Of those, providing ai coding agents with cloud-based development environments and accelerating ci builds with faster github actions runners are not what Teleport is typically brought in for.
- What can Namespace do that Teleport cannot?
- Namespace covers Devboxes, GitHub Actions runners, Docker builds, Cross-invocation caching. Teleport covers Short-lived certificates, Protocol coverage, Session recording and replay, Access Requests.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Namespace: How is compute usage metered on the Developer plan?
Developer plan uses pay-as-you-go billing. Devboxes bill at $0.004 per minute. Storage and caching services have separate usage-based fees. A 30-day free trial is available to test usage patterns.
SourceTeleport: Is the open source edition usable in production?
Yes, but it lacks Access Requests, Device Trust and FIPS builds, which most compliance programmes end up requiring.
Namespace: What is the difference between Team and Business plans?
Team ($100/mo) includes 100,000 unit minutes and 1,000 Docker builds with email support. Business ($250/mo) includes 250,000 unit minutes, 2,500 Docker builds, and high concurrency with a dedicated Slack channel.
SourceTeleport: How is it priced?
Not publicly. The vendor prices on active users and protected resources and provides a quote after a sales conversation.
Namespace: Can Namespace support AI coding agents?
Yes, Namespace Devboxes are specifically designed as feature-rich development environments for AI coding agents, with full tooling and performance optimization.
SourceTeleport: What happens if Teleport goes down?
Nobody reaches the resources behind it, so you need a highly available deployment and a documented break-glass procedure.
Teleport: Does it replace our VPN?
For anything you put behind it, yes. Legacy systems and appliances it does not support will keep the VPN alive.
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