exe.dev vs Upstash Box

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

exe.dev
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Upstash Box: $0.10
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 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 need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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