EQVPS Sandboxes vs Railway Sandboxes

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

Railway Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Railway Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • 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.

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