Sandock vs Upstash Box

Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

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.

Sandock
Upstash Box
Free tier
Sandock: None
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Sandock: $5 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Idle stop
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandock: Up to 150
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
SDKs
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Sandock: MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandock: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandock: Not listed
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Sandock: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Sandock: None
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Sandock: $5 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Sandock: Not listed
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Sandock: 24 hours
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandock: Up to 150
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Sandock: MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Sandock: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need snapshots.

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