Krova Cloud vs Upstash Box

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Upstash Box runs containers.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Krova Cloud

Firecracker microVMs with root access, billed by the minute.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $5 credit, one time
Max session: No limit

Visit site Krova Cloud profile

Upstash Box

Isolated cloud containers that give AI agents a computer.

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

Visit site Upstash Box profile

What is different

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

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Krova Cloud

Upstash Box

vCPU, per hour: Krova Cloud: $0.001; Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: Krova Cloud: $0.0025; Upstash Box: Included
Storage: Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour; Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier: Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time; Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing: Krova Cloud: Per second; Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation: Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM; Upstash Box: Container
SDKs: Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript; Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code; Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Krova Cloudkrova.cloud/pricing/cubekrova.cloud

Upstash Boxupstash.com/pricing/boxupstash.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Krova Cloud: $0.001; Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: Krova Cloud: $0.0025; Upstash Box: Included
Storage: Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour; Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier: Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time; Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from: Krova Cloud: Pay as you go; Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing: Krova Cloud: Per second; Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Krova Cloud: No limit; Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox: Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation: Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM; Upstash Box: Container
GPU: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots: Krova Cloud:; Upstash Box:
Pause and resume: Krova Cloud:; Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs: Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript; Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code; Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Krova Cloud

Upstash Box

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Krova Cloud: $0.006; Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Krova Cloud: $0.012; Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Krova Cloud: $0.024; Upstash Box: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.012 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.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need GDPR.

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