Cloudflare Sandbox vs Upstash Box

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.180 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.

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