CreateOS Sandbox vs Railway Sandboxes

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

Railway Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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