CreateOS Sandbox vs Upstash Box

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Upstash Box runs containers.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

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.

CreateOS Sandbox
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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