DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs Upstash Box

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agents and their code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site DigitalOcean Harness Runtime 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

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

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Upstash Box

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; Upstash Box: Included
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Idle stop: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes; Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100; Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM; Upstash Box: Container
SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtimedigitalocean.com/pricing/harness-runtimedigitalocean.com

Upstash Boxupstash.com/pricing/boxupstash.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; Upstash Box: Included
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes; Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100; Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM; Upstash Box: Container
GPU: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:; Upstash Box:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:; Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Upstash Box

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063; Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126; Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252; Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.126 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Upstash Box fits when

You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.

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