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
TheAI Cloud
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Per-minute billing, no minimum order
- Reserved terms of 1-12 months
- NVLink 5 and InfiniBand for multi-node training
Price comparison
How do Railway's prices compare against TheAI Cloud?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Railway
TheAI Cloud
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Railway
TheAI Cloud
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Railway
TheAI Cloud
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Railway
TheAI Cloud
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Railway
TheAI Cloud
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Railway
TheAI Cloud
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Railway
TheAI Cloud
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Railway
TheAI Cloud
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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TheAI Cloud
TheAI Cloud Pricing Details
TheAI Cloud offers two billing models:
- Pay-as-you-go: billed per minute against a prepaid balance, with no minimum order. Opens with capacity in Q4 2026.
- Reserved: terms of 1-12 months, with longer commitments priced lower. 30% prepayment required.
B300Heads 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 TheAI Cloud offer:
Company details
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| Website | railway.com | cloud.theai.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United Arab Emirates |
| Founded | 2020 | -- |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | -- |
| Example Customers | -- | -- |
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Our data for Railway was last updated on March 26, 2026, and for TheAI Cloud on Aug. 3, 2026.