DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs Railway Sandboxes

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
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.

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Idle stop
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.126 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 need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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