Elastx
vs
Railway
What's good about each
- Three availability zones, all in Sweden
- ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 14001 certified
- 24/7 support included at no extra cost
- Datacenters run on 100% renewable electricity
- A100, L4, L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Elastx | Railway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $26.52 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 12% cheaper on Elastx |
| Medium VM | $128.36 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 20% cheaper on Elastx |
| Large VM | $256.72 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 20% cheaper on Elastx |
| Block storage | $28.75 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | 48% cheaper on Railway |
| Object storage | $70.93 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | 79% cheaper on Railway |
| PostgreSQL | $185.55 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | $87.50 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | 53% cheaper on Railway |
| Redis | $185.55 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 84% cheaper on Railway |
| Load balancer | $39.18 /mo v1-lb-1 | Included in plan | |
| Egress | $50.62 /TB 1 TB external traffic | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | Within 5% |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Elastx offers 4 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Railway.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Elastx | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 4 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | elastx.se | railway.com |
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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Railway on Sept. 18, 2026.