Everstack vs Railway Sandboxes

Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

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.

Everstack
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Everstack: Free
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Everstack: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Everstack: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Everstack: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Everstack: Apache-2.0
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Everstack: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Everstack
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Everstack: $0.067
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Everstack: $0.133
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: $0.266
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.133 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 use Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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