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
UpCloud
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- Offers 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
How do Railway's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
Railway
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $3.17 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | $160.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | $55.02 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | $320.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | $169.30 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | $25.00 / mo 100 GB | $23.28 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $21.16 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | Included in plan | $10.58 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $92.50 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | $63.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $52.90 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $100.00 $0.1 / GB | Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
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 UpCloud offer:
| Service |
Railway
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Railway
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | railway.app | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2020 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | 13 |
| Example Customers | -- | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
|
Railway
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | railway.app |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for Railway was last updated on Sept. 25, 2024, and for UpCloud on Dec. 3, 2024.