What's good about...
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
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
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|---|---|---|
| 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 | -- | $15.00 / 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 | 1-12 TB / mo | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $50.00 $0.05 / 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
Company details
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Cloudways
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Railway
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|---|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com | railway.app |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2012 | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 4 |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | -- |
|
Cloudways
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|
|---|---|
| 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 26, 2025, and for Railway on May 26, 2025.