Agent Sandbox vs Upstash Box

Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Upstash Box
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Upstash Box fits when

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

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