Anthropic Code Execution vs Railway Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Anthropic Code Execution

Isolation
Container
Free tier
1,550 free hours per month
Max session
Not listed

Railway Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Railway Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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