LangSmith Sandboxes vs Railway Sandboxes

LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
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.

LangSmith Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

LangSmith Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.189 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.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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