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 | $4.49 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 6.7x more expensive on Railway |
| Medium VM | $11.31 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 14x more expensive on Railway |
| Large VM | $20.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 16x more expensive on Railway |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $6.96 /mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees) | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | 2.2x more expensive on Railway |
| 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 | $1.16 /TB per TB | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | 43x more expensive 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
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
|
$0.42 /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.
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 Aug. 31, 2026, and for Railway on Aug. 24, 2026.