Everstack vs Upstash Box

Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

Everstack
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Upstash Box: $0.10
Storage
Everstack: Free
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Everstack: Free
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Everstack: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Everstack: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Everstack: Not listed
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Everstack: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Everstack:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Everstack:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Everstack: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Everstack: Apache-2.0
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Everstack: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Everstack
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Everstack: $0.067
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Everstack: $0.133
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: $0.266
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.133 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain, the Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code or MCP.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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