tama vs Upstash Box

tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

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

What is different

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

tama
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
tama: $0.0117
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
tama: $0.0055
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Billing
tama: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
tama: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
tama: $0.0117
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
tama: $0.0055
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
tama: Not listed
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
tama: Not listed
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
tama: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
tama: Python, TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
tama: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
tama: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
tama: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

tama
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
tama: $0.023
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
tama: $0.045
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
tama: $0.091
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.045 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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