What's good about...

Akamai Cloud logo Akamai Cloud

  • Wide range of VPS configurations including including GPU instances
  • Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes, and Object Storage
  • Competitive pricing with generous per-instance egress allowances
  • 30+ data center locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America

Railway logo Railway

  • Billed by the second on actual CPU and memory utilization
  • App Sleeping reduces costs on low-traffic workloads
  • Self-owned hardware across US, EU, and Asia
  • Template directory with a 15% kickback for template authors, 25% with active support

Price comparison

How do Akamai Cloud's prices compare against Railway?

VM Small

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
Railway Railway
$30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
Railway Railway
$160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$144.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated 16GB)
Railway Railway
$320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$10.00 /mo 100 GB
Railway Railway
$15.00 /mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$20.00 /mo 1 TB
Railway Railway
$15.00 /mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$10.00 /mo
Railway Railway
Included in plan

Managed PostgreSQL

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$63.00 /mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 58 GB storage (Shared, 1 node)
Railway Railway
$87.50 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
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Railway Railway
$30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
1-20 TB / mo per instance
Railway Railway
--

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$5.00 $0.005 / GB
Railway Railway
$50.00 $0.05 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
On-Demand
Railway Railway
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Available Models

Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models.

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
www.akamai.com
Railway Railway
railway.com
Headquarters
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
United States of America US flag
Railway Railway
United States of America US flag
Founded
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
2003
Railway Railway
2020
Data Center Locations
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
31
Railway Railway
4
Example Customers
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy
Railway Railway
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Railway on Aug. 24, 2026.