Railway Sandboxes vs tama

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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

tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site tama profile

What is different

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

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Railway Sandboxes

tama

vCPU, per hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; tama: $0.0055
Billing: Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only; tama: Per second
Largest sandbox: Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
SDKs: Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript; tama: Python, TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month; tama: Not listed
Billing: Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100; tama: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Railway Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Railway Sandboxes

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.208; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.417; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Railway Sandboxes: $0.833; tama: $0.091

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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.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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