Krova Cloud vs Railway Sandboxes

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

Railway Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Krova Cloud
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Krova Cloud: No limit
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Krova Cloud
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.006
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.012
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.024
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud 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: $0.012 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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