Railway
vs
Zerops
Both run managed containers, Postgres, Redis. Railway bills actual CPU and memory by the second and adds cron jobs, while Zerops charges less across the board and meters allocated resources by the minute.
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
- Agent workspace runs inside the project's private network
- Bring your own agent subscription, no seat fees
- Root access and SSH inside full Linux system containers
- AMD EPYC bare metal in Prague, New York and Seattle
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Railway | Zerops | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $3.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 88% cheaper on Zerops |
| Medium VM | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | $26.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 84% cheaper on Zerops |
| Large VM | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | $52.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 84% cheaper on Zerops |
| Block storage | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 33% cheaper on Zerops |
| Object storage | $15.00 /mo 1 TB | $13.00 /mo 1 TB | 13% cheaper on Zerops |
| PostgreSQL | $87.50 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | $18.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | 79% cheaper on Zerops |
| Redis | $30.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $3.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 88% cheaper on Zerops |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo on the free plan, 3 TB / mo on the paid plan | |
| Egress | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | 60% cheaper on Zerops |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Railway | Zerops |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Czechia |
| Locations | 4 | 3 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | railway.com | zerops.io |
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Our data for Railway was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Zerops on Sept. 18, 2026.