Hexabyte
vs
Railway
What's good about each
- Affordable VPS instances with customizable specs
- S3-compatible object storage with no egress or API fees
- Offers dedicated servers
- EU-based with GDPR-friendly data storage
- 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 | Hexabyte | Railway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $4.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 85% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Medium VM | $11.03 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 93% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Large VM | $19.91 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 94% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $6.78 /mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees) | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | 55% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $87.50 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | 20 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $1.13 /TB per TB | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | 98% cheaper on Hexabyte |
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
Hexabyte offers 1 GPU model. We track no GPU listings from Railway. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hexabyte | Railway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hexabyte only |
Hexabyte bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
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 | Hexabyte | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 4 |
| Example customers | Molnett, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Kommunföretag, Enduce | -- |
| Website | hexabyte.se | railway.com |
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Our data for Hexabyte was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Railway on Sept. 18, 2026.