Railway Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Railway Sandboxes

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

Upstash Box

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Railway Sandboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Upstash Box: Included
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Railway Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Railway Sandboxes
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833
Upstash Box: $0.400

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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 need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.200 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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