What's good about...

Cloudways logo Cloudways

  • Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
  • Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
  • Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups

Cloudways logo Railway

  • Super fast to deploy a container-based stack
  • You pay for actual usage, may result in big savings
  • Offers many deployment templates for common use cases

Price comparison

How do Cloudways's prices compare against Railway?

Example configuration Cloudways Railway
VM Small $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
VM Medium $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) $160.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
VM Large $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) $320.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM
Block Storage -- $25.00 / mo 100 GB
Load Balancer -- Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL -- $92.50 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®* Included depending on plan $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan --
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) $100.00 $0.1 / GB

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Cloudways and Railway offer:

Service Cloudways Railway
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
Managed Containers
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®*
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

Cloudways
Website www.cloudways.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2012
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko
Railway
Website railway.app
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2020
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers --

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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Railway on Sept. 25, 2024.