The Basics
Google Cloud
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Railway
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| Website | cloud.google.com | railway.app |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2008 | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 40 | 4 |
| Example Customers | PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank | -- |
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Google Cloud
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|---|---|
| Website | cloud.google.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Data Center Locations | 40 |
| Example Customers | PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank |
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Railway
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|---|---|
| Website | railway.app |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | -- |
Cost Comparison
How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Railway?
| Example configuration |
Google Cloud
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Railway
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|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom) | $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM |
| VM Medium | $90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) | $160.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM |
| VM Large | $179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) | $320.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM |
| Block Storage | $4.10 / mo 100 GB | $25.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $24.93 / mo 1 TB | -- |
| Load Balancer | $29.44 / mo | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | $92.50 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic) | $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration | -- |
| Free egress allowance | Depends on service | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $111.60 | $100.00 $0.1 / GB |
Note: These 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 of the managed services that Google Cloud and Railway offer:
| Service |
Google Cloud
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Railway
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|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
| Container Registry | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | ||
| Serverless Functions | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Related Comparisons
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Feb. 10, 2024, and for Railway on Feb. 19, 2024.