Railway
vs
Sevalla
Both run managed containers, Postgres, Redis, object storage and cron jobs. Railway charges less for small VMs, egress and Postgres and bills actual usage, while Sevalla adds static sites and a CDN on five continents.
What's good about each
- 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
- Supports auto-deploy on git push, Docker image deployments, autoscaling, background workers, hibernation and more
- Fully managed platform: containers, databases, caches, and static sites
- Apps and databases run in locations on five continents, static sites on 260+ edge locations
- No seat based pricing, only usage based
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Railway | Sevalla | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $18.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM (CPU optimized C1) | 40% cheaper on Sevalla |
| Medium VM | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM (Standard S4) | Identical |
| Large VM | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16GB RAM (Standard S5) | Identical |
| Block storage | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | $30.00 /mo 100 GB | 50% cheaper on Railway |
| Object storage | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 25% cheaper on Railway |
| PostgreSQL | $87.50 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | $175.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 50 GB (Database 4 + 30 GB add-on) | 50% cheaper on Railway |
| Redis | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $34.00 /mo 2GB RAM (Database 2) | 12% cheaper on Railway |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | Included with apps | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB (static sites) | |
| Egress | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | $100.00 /TB $0.1 / GB | 50% cheaper on Railway |
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.
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 | Railway | Sevalla |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 25 |
| Example customers | -- | Smart11, Imaginary Space, Talentblocks, ClearEstate |
| Website | railway.com | sevalla.com |
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Our data for Railway was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Sevalla on Sept. 22, 2026.