Agent Sandbox vs Railway Sandboxes

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

Railway Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Railway Sandboxes
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.

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.

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