Google Cloud
vs
Railway
What's good about each
- 40+ regions across 26 countries
- BigQuery, GKE and Gemini models on Vertex AI
- TPUs, plus Nvidia T4 up to 8x B200 nodes
- Automatic sustained use discounts on N1 and N2 VMs
- 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 | Google Cloud | Railway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 77% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Medium VM | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 41% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Large VM | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 31% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Block storage | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | 47% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Object storage | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | 64% cheaper on Railway |
| PostgreSQL | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | $87.50 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | 7% cheaper on Railway |
| Redis | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 24% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Load balancer | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | Included in plan | |
| Serverless | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | 58% cheaper on Railway |
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
Google Cloud offers 10 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.
| Framework | Google Cloud | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | -- |
| FedRAMP | High | -- |
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 | Google Cloud | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 40 | 4 |
| Example customers | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group | -- |
| Website | cloud.google.com | railway.com |
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Oct. 20, 2026, and for Railway on Sept. 18, 2026.