Railway Sandboxes vs RemoteHost

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Railway Sandboxes

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Railway Sandboxes
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RemoteHost: Included
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Railway Sandboxes
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833
RemoteHost: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

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.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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