Prized Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

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.

Prized Sandboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Prized Sandboxes: No
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Prized Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Prized Sandboxes
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 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, the Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need GDPR.

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