StateSet Sandbox vs Upstash Box

StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours. Upstash Box runs containers.

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StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
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.

StateSet Sandbox
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Upstash Box: Included
Free tier
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
StateSet Sandbox:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
StateSet Sandbox:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

StateSet Sandbox
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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.
  • You need GDPR.

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