Phonebox vs Upstash Box

Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Phonebox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session
3 hours

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

Phonebox
Upstash Box
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Phonebox
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Upstash Box fits when

  • You use LangChain, the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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