Railway Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

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

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Railway Sandboxes

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

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Railway Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Railway Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833
Tenki Sandbox: $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.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 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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