Railway
vs
Vultr
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
- Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
- Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
- Competitive pricing, generous egress
- 30+ data center locations around the world
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Railway | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 6x more expensive on Railway |
| Medium VM | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 4x more expensive on Railway |
| Large VM | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 2x more expensive on Railway |
| Block storage | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 33% cheaper on Vultr |
| Object storage | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 17% cheaper on Railway |
| PostgreSQL | $87.50 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 31% cheaper on Vultr |
| Redis | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 2x more expensive on Railway |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 2 TB / mo for most services | |
| Egress | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 5x more expensive on Railway |
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.
GPUs
Vultr offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Railway. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Railway | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot | Vultr only |
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Vultr only |
|
A16
3 configs
|
-- | $0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | Vultr only |
Vultr bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Railway | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 32 |
| Example customers | -- | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | railway.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Railway was last updated on Aug. 24, 2026, and for Vultr on Sept. 12, 2026.