Railway Sandboxes vs Unikraft Cloud

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Railway Sandboxes

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

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Railway Sandboxes
Unikraft Cloud
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24
Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Railway Sandboxes
Unikraft Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

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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.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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