Containarium Cloud vs Railway Sandboxes

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
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.

Containarium Cloud
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Containarium Cloud
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.080
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Containarium Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need ISO 27001.

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 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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