microsandbox cloud vs Upstash Box

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

microsandbox cloud
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Upstash Box:
SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
microsandbox cloud: No
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
Upstash Box: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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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