Namespace Devboxes vs Railway Sandboxes

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
Not listed

Railway Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Namespace Devboxes
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 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 need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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