What's good about...

Lambda Labs logo Lambda Labs

  • Offers high-performance GPUs such as the Nvidia H100, H200, and GH200
  • Easy to use dashboard and competitive prices
  • Private cloud available (isolated, physical access)

Railway logo Railway

  • 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 25% kickback for template authors

Price comparison

How do Lambda Labs's prices compare against Railway?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
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Railway Railway
$30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
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Railway Railway
$160.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
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Railway Railway
$320.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
$20.00 / mo 100 GB @ $0.20/GB/mo
Railway Railway
$15.55 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
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Railway Railway
$15.00 / mo 1 TB ($0.015 / GB / mo)

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
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Railway Railway
Included in plan

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
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Railway Railway
$87.82 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
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Railway Railway
$30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
Free and unlimited
Railway Railway
$50.00 $0.05 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
$0.69/hr
Railway Railway
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Billing Options

Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
On-Demand
Railway Railway
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Available Models

Lambda Labs offers 8 GPU models.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
lambda.ai
Railway Railway
railway.com
Headquarters
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
United States of America
Railway Railway
United States of America
Founded
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
2012
Railway Railway
2020
Data Center Locations
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
15
Railway Railway
4
Example Customers
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
Intuitive, Writer, Sony, Samsung, Pika
Railway Railway
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Our data for Lambda Labs was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for Railway on March 26, 2026.