ix vs Upstash Box

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
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.

ix
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
ix: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
ix: Not listed
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.

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