Railway Sandboxes vs Runta

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. Runta runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Railway Sandboxes

Isolated Linux VMs you create on demand and destroy.

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

Visit site Railway Sandboxes profile

Runta

Isolated computers where AI agents work and keep state.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $50 free credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runta profile

What is different

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

Field

Railway Sandboxes

Runta

vCPU, per hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; Runta: $0.0162
Free tier: Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only; Runta: Per second
SDKs: Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript; Runta: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only; Runta: Per second

Limits

Max session: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Idle stop: Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes; Runta: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB; Runta: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100; Runta: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Railway Sandboxes: Full VM; Runta: Full VM
GPU: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Snapshots: Railway Sandboxes:; Runta:
Pause and resume: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta:

Developer

SDKs: Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript; Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
BYOC: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Railway Sandboxes

Runta

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.208; Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.417; Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.833; Runta: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Railway Sandboxes fits when

Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Runta fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

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