Prime Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
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.

Prime Sandboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Billing
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Prime Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Prime Sandboxes
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 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.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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