Railway Sandboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Railway Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 trial credit for 30 days
Max session
No limit

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Railway Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Max session
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Railway Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Railway Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Railway Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • 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 SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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