Brimble Sandboxes vs Railway Sandboxes

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Brimble Sandboxes

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session
6 hours

Railway Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 trial credit for 30 days
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Brimble Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Brimble Sandboxes:
Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Brimble Sandboxes:
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.

Railway Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 6 hours.
  • 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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