Nebius
vs
Railway
What's good about each
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
- 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 | Nebius | Railway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 16% cheaper on Railway |
| Medium VM | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 55% cheaper on Nebius |
| Large VM | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 55% cheaper on Nebius |
| Block storage | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | 53% cheaper on Nebius |
| Object storage | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | 23% cheaper on Railway |
| PostgreSQL | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | $87.50 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | 16% cheaper on Railway |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB |
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
Nebius offers 8 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Railway. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nebius | Railway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
B300
1 config
|
$9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
B200
1 config
|
$8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Nebius only |
Nebius bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Nebius | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 4 |
| Example customers | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft | -- |
| Website | nebius.com | railway.com |
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Our data for Nebius was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Railway on Sept. 18, 2026.