Impossible Cloud
vs
Railway
What's good about each
- Flat per-TB storage pricing with no egress fees
- European jurisdiction and data sovereignty, GDPR compliant
- ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS certified data centers
- Bare metal NVIDIA DGX GPU servers
- 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 | Impossible Cloud | Railway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $7.99 /mo 1 TB stored | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | 47% cheaper on Impossible Cloud |
| 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 | No egress fees | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free No egress or API request charges | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | Free on Impossible Cloud |
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
Impossible Cloud offers 3 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Railway. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Impossible Cloud | Railway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
$2.87 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | Impossible Cloud only |
|
B300
9 configs
|
$4.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (60 mo) | -- | Impossible Cloud only |
|
B200
1 config
|
$4.21 /GPU/hr Reserved (60 mo) | -- | Impossible Cloud only |
Impossible Cloud bills reserved (12, 18, 24, 36 or 60 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Impossible Cloud | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| NoSQL Databases | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | ||
| Serverless Functions |
Company details
| Fact | Impossible Cloud | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 4 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | www.impossiblecloud.com | railway.com |
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Our data for Impossible Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Railway on Aug. 24, 2026.