Anthropic Code Execution vs Upstash Box

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Anthropic Code Execution

Isolation
Container
Free tier
1,550 free hours per month
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.

Anthropic Code Execution
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Upstash Box: $0.10
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You use LangChain, the Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 5 GiB.

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