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
Shadeform
- Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
- Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
- You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
- Free to use, zero mark-up fees
Price comparison
How do Railway's prices compare against Shadeform?
| Example configuration |
Railway
|
Shadeform
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 | -- |
Shadeform does not charge any fees to use their marketplace. You pay the same price as using the cloud providers directly.
Here are some example configurations:
| GPU | VRAM | Price range (per hour) |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia A4000 | 16 GB | $0.30-0.80 |
| Nvidia A6000 | 48 GB | $0.57-1.93 |
| Nvidia V100 | 16 GB | $0.69-3.06 |
| Nvidia L40S | 48 GB | $0.99-1.15 |
| Nvidia A100 | 40 GB | $1.29-3.19 |
| Nvidia H100 | 80 GB | $2.48-5.99 |
You can view the full list here.
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 managed services that Railway and Shadeform offer:
| Service |
Railway
|
Shadeform
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Railway
|
Shadeform
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | railway.app | shadeform.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2020 | 2023 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | -- |
| Example Customers | -- | University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 |
|
Railway
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | railway.app |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
Shadeform
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | shadeform.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Data Center Locations | -- |
| Example Customers | University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 |
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Our data for Railway was last updated on Sept. 25, 2024, and for Shadeform on Aug. 16, 2024.