What's good about...

Nova Cloud logo Nova Cloud

  • Per-second billing with no contracts or minimum spend
  • Owned-and-operated datacenters in Western Canada
  • Reserved 1, 3, and 6 month terms for additional discounts
  • 5 Gb/s network bandwidth with all ports available

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 Nova Cloud's prices compare against Railway?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Railway Railway
$30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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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).
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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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.
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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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.
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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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.
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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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.
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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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.
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Railway Railway
$30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Railway Railway
$50.00 $0.05 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
$0.18/hr
Railway Railway
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Billing Options

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)Reserved (1mo)Reserved (3mo)
Railway Railway
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Available Models

Nova Cloud offers 2 GPU models.

Railway Railway
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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
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
nova-cloud.ai
Railway Railway
railway.com
Headquarters
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
Canada
Railway Railway
United States of America
Founded
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
2018
Railway Railway
2020
Data Center Locations
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
1
Railway Railway
4
Example Customers
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Railway Railway
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Our data for Nova Cloud was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for Railway on March 26, 2026.