What's good about...
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
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?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
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Shadeform
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
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Shadeform
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
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Shadeform
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Railway
Shadeform
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Railway
Shadeform
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Railway
Shadeform
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
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Shadeform
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Railway
Shadeform
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Shadeform
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
Here are some managed services that Railway and Shadeform offer:
Company details
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| Website | railway.com | shadeform.com |
| 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 |
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Our data for Railway was last updated on March 26, 2026, and for Shadeform on July 9, 2026.