Google Cloud vs Railway

Google Cloud is strongest for enterprises. Railway is strongest for solo developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Google Cloud	Railway
Starting price	$0.01/mo	$5/mo
Best for	Enterprises Data & AI/ML workloads Kubernetes-native teams BigQuery/analytics-heavy stacks	Solo developers Side projects Small teams shipping to production Full-stack apps needing databases + services in one place
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%	Custom SLA available on Enterprise only; no public SLA percentage for Hobby/Pro
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	40	6
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community, Phone (paid support tiers)	Docs, Community (Discord), Ticket (Pro), Business Class / dedicated support (Enterprise, paid add-on on Pro)
Compliance	SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA (BAA available), GDPR, FedRAMP (select services)	SOC 2, GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Network egress to internet billed per-GB and rises past free tier (200 GiB/month egress to certain destinations) Sustained-use and committed-use discounts are separate mechanisms and easy to miss when comparing to flat-rate competitors Custom machine types carry a 5% premium over predefined machine type pricing GKE charges a $0.10/hour cluster management fee per cluster (Standard and Autopilot alike) Cloud SQL high-availability configuration doubles vCPU, memory, and persistent disk costs Nearline/Coldline/Archive storage classes carry early-deletion minimum storage durations (30/90/365 days) and per-GB retrieval fees	Usage above the plan's included credit is billed per-second at metered CPU/RAM/volume rates and can exceed the flat subscription fee quickly under load Network egress billed separately at $0.05/GB Pro plan is priced per-seat ($20/seat/month), so team cost scales with headcount on top of usage Business Class (priority) support is a paid add-on on the Pro plan
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18