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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Railway Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteAzure Container Apps Sandboxes profile

Railway Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com
Railway Sandboxesrailway.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.216 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.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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