AgentBay vs Railway Sandboxes

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

Railway Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 trial credit for 30 days
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AgentBay
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Railway Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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