What's good about...
Hetzner
- High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
- EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some
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 Hetzner's prices compare against Railway?
| Example configuration |
Hetzner
|
Railway
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $4.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) | $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM |
| VM Medium | $8.78 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) | $160.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM |
| VM Large | $21.18 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) | $320.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM |
| Block Storage | $5.63 / mo 100 GB | $25.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Load Balancer | $6.90 / mo LB11 | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $92.50 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM |
| Free egress allowance | 20-60 TB / mo per instance | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $1.09 | $100.00 $0.1 / GB |
Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | Total GPU Memory | vCPUs | RAM | Price per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEX44 | 1x RTX4000 | 20GB | 14 | 64GB | $0.38 |
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 of the managed services that Hetzner and Railway offer:
| Service |
Hetzner
|
Railway
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Hetzner
|
Railway
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | hetzner.com | railway.app |
| Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 1997 | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 5 | 4 |
| Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | -- |
|
Hetzner
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | hetzner.com |
| Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Data Center Locations | 5 |
| Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
|
Railway
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | railway.app |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | -- |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Railway on July 24, 2024.