Lizard Sandboxes vs Railway Sandboxes

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

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.

Lizard Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 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 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 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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