What's good about...
Cloudflare
- Consolidates many edge services under one platform: DNS, Load Balancing, caching, image optimization, serverless functions
- Massive edge network that can handle large DDoS attacks
- Very generous free tier, affordable paid plans
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 25% kickback for template authors
Price comparison
How do Cloudflare's prices compare against Railway?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
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VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
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VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
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Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
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Railway
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
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Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
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Railway
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
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Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
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Serverless 25M Executions
Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Railway
Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Cloudflare and Railway offer:
Company details
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|---|---|---|
| Website | cloudflare.com | railway.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America |
| Founded | 2009 | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 285 | 4 |
| Example Customers | Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify | -- |
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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Railway on March 26, 2026.