ix vs Railway Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

ix

Cloud VMs with up to 100 vCPUs, billed by usage.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

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Railway Sandboxes

Isolated Linux VMs you create on demand and destroy.

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

Visit site Railway Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Railway Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: ix: MCP; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: ix: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: ix: Not listed; Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Railway Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 32 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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