Railway Sandboxes vs Superserve

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Railway Sandboxes

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

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Railway Sandboxes
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Superserve: $0.0162
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Superserve: Per second
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

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

Limits

Max session
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Superserve:

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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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 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

Superserve fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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