Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Upstash Box

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

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

Upstash Box

Isolated cloud containers that give AI agents a computer.

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

Visit site Upstash Box profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Upstash Box

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Upstash Box: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Upstash Boxupstash.com/pricing/boxupstash.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Upstash Box: Included
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Upstash Box: Container
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Upstash Box:
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Upstash Box

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Upstash Box fits when

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

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