EQVPS Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Upstash Box runs containers.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Upstash Box fits when

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

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