What's good about...
Railway
- Super fast to deploy a container-based stack
- You pay for actual usage, may result in big savings
- Offers many deployment templates for common use cases
Replicate
- Run AI/ML models without worrying about infrastructure and scaling
- Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
- Train and deploy custom models using Cog
Price comparison
How do Railway's prices compare against Replicate?
| Example configuration |
Railway
|
Replicate
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | -- |
| VM Medium | $160.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | -- |
| VM Large | $320.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | -- |
| Block Storage | $25.00 / mo 100 GB | -- |
| Load Balancer | Included in plan | -- |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $92.50 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | -- |
| Managed Redis®* | $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $100.00 $0.1 / GB | -- |
Replicate uses a metered billing model. You only pay as long as your code is running, billed by the second based on the hardware selected.
Replicate offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | Total GPU Memory | vCPUs | RAM | Price per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 16GB | $0.81 |
| Nvidia A40 (Small) | 1x A40 | 48GB | 4 | 16GB | $2.07 |
| Nvidia A40 (Large) | 1x A40 | 48GB | 10 | 72GB | $2.61 |
| Nvidia A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 10 | 72GB | $4.14 |
| Nvidia A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 10 | 144GB | $5.04 |
| 2x Nvidia A40 (Large) | 2x A40 | 96GB | 20 | 144GB | $5.22 |
| 2x Nvidia A100 (40GB) | 2x A100 | 80GB | 20 | 144GB | $8.28 |
| 2x Nvidia A100 (80GB) | 2x A100 | 160GB | 20 | 288GB | $10.08 |
| 4x Nvidia A40 (Large) | 4x A40 | 192GB | 40 | 288GB | $10.44 |
| 4x Nvidia A100 (40GB) | 4x A100 | 160GB | 40 | 288GB | $16.56 |
| 4x Nvidia A100 (80GB) | 4x A100 | 320GB | 40 | 576GB | $20.16 |
| 8x Nvidia A40 (Large) | 8x A40 | 384GB | 48 | 680GB | $20.88 |
| 8x Nvidia A100 (80GB) | 8x A100 | 640GB | 80 | 960GB | $40.32 |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer?
Here are some of the managed services that Railway and Replicate offer:
| Service |
Railway
|
Replicate
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- |
Company details
|
Railway
|
Replicate
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | railway.app | replicate.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2020 | 2019 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | -- |
| Example Customers | -- | BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro |
|
Railway
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | railway.app |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
Replicate
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | replicate.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Data Center Locations | -- |
| Example Customers | BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro |
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Our data for Railway was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Replicate on July 24, 2024.