Isorun vs Upstash Box

Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Isorun runs microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Isorun

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
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.

Isorun
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Isorun: $0.025
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Isorun: $0.015
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Isorun: $50 credit
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
Isorun: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Isorun: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Isorun: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Isorun: $0.025
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Isorun: $0.015
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Isorun: $50 credit
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Isorun: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Isorun: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Isorun: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Isorun: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Isorun: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Isorun
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isorun: $0.055
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isorun: $0.110
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isorun: $0.220
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Isorun fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Upstash Box fits when

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

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