Runta vs Upstash Box

Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Runta runs full VMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Runta

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$50 free credit
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

Runta
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Runta: $0.0504
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runta: $0.0162
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Runta: $50 free credit
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
Runta: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Runta: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
Integrations
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Runta: $0.0504
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runta: $0.0162
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Runta: $50 free credit
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Runta: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Runta: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Runta: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Runta: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Runta:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Runta:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Runta: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Runta: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Runta
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Runta: $0.083
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Runta: $0.166
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runta: $0.331
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runta fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Upstash Box fits when

  • 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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