Unikraft Cloud vs Upstash Box

Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
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.

Unikraft Cloud
Upstash Box
Free tier
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Concurrent sandboxes
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Unikraft Cloud:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Unikraft Cloud:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain, the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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