Railway
vs
Sevalla
Both are developer-friendly PaaS platforms with git-based deployments. Railway focuses on simplicity and local development experience, while Sevalla offers more enterprise features and global coverage.
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
- Available in 25 locations and 260+ PoP (partnership with GCP and Cloudflare)
- 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 | 2x more expensive on Sevalla |
| 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 | $145.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8GB RAM (Database 4) | 40% 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 | 2x more expensive on Sevalla |
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.
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 Aug. 24, 2026, and for Sevalla on March 23, 2026.