Lizard Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

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.

Lizard Sandboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Upstash Box: $0.10
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Lizard Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Lizard Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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