What's good about...

Railway logo 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

Vultr logo Vultr

  • 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

How do Railway's prices compare against Vultr?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Railway Railway
$30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Vultr Vultr
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Railway Railway
$160.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
Vultr Vultr
$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Railway Railway
$320.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM
Vultr Vultr
$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Railway Railway
$15.55 / mo 100 GB
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Railway Railway
$15.00 / mo 1 TB ($0.015 / GB / mo)
Vultr Vultr
$18.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Railway Railway
Included in plan
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Railway Railway
$87.82 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Vultr Vultr
$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Railway Railway
$30.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Vultr Vultr
$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Railway Railway
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Vultr Vultr
2 TB / mo for most services

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Railway Railway
$50.00 $0.05 / GB
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 $0.01 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Railway Railway
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Vultr Vultr
$0.47/hr

Billing Options

Railway Railway
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Vultr Vultr
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (24mo)

Available Models

Vultr offers 10 GPU models.

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

Company details

Website
Railway Railway
railway.com
Headquarters
Railway Railway
United States of America
Vultr Vultr
United States of America
Founded
Railway Railway
2020
Vultr Vultr
2014
Data Center Locations
Railway Railway
4
Vultr Vultr
32
Example Customers
Railway Railway
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Vultr Vultr
Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

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Our data for Railway was last updated on March 26, 2026, and for Vultr on March 20, 2026.