Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
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.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Upstash Box: Included
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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 pause and resume.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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