Railway Sandboxes vs Together Sandbox

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Railway Sandboxes

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

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Railway Sandboxes
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Together Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Railway Sandboxes
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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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 use Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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