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
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
Vultr
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
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Vultr
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Railway
Vultr
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
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Vultr
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Railway
Vultr
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
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Vultr
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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Vultr
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
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Free egress allowance
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Vultr
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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MI300XHeads 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 Vultr offer:
Company details
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| Website | railway.com | www.vultr.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America |
| Founded | 2020 | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | 32 |
| Example Customers | -- | 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.