Together Sandbox vs Upstash Box

Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
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

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

Together Sandbox
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Upstash Box: Included
Billing
Together Sandbox: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Together Sandbox: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Together Sandbox:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Together Sandbox:
Upstash Box:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Together Sandbox
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Together Sandbox: $0.074
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Together Sandbox: $0.149
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Together Sandbox: $0.298
Upstash Box: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 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.

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