Railway Sandboxes vs Sandock

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

What is different

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

Field

Railway Sandboxes

Sandock

Free tier: Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days; Sandock: None
Largest sandbox: Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100; Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation: Railway Sandboxes: Full VM; Sandock: Container
SDKs: Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop: Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: MCP

Trust

License: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
BYOC: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Railway Sandboxes

Sandock

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.208; Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.417; Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.833; Sandock: 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.
You want to start without paying.
You need snapshots.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Sandock fits when

You use MCP.
You need pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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