SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolated microVMs for AI agents that fork from a saved snapshot, part of SF Compute Autoresearch.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

Visit site SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes profile

Upstash Box

Isolated cloud containers that give AI agents a computer.

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

Visit site Upstash Box profile

What is different

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

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SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Upstash Box

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; Upstash Box: Included
Storage: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage; Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM; Upstash Box: Container
Integrations: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Upstash Boxupstash.com/pricing/boxupstash.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; Upstash Box: Included
Storage: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage; Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM; Upstash Box: Container
GPU: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:; Upstash Box:
Pause and resume: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:; Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Upstash Box

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091; Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183; Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366; Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Upstash Box fits when

You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
You want to start without paying.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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