Kamatera vs Railway

Kamatera is strongest for custom VM sizing. Railway is strongest for solo developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Kamatera	Railway
Starting price	$0.05/mo	$5/mo
Best for	Custom VM sizing Global data center selection Windows Server hosting Dev/test environments	Solo developers Side projects Small teams shipping to production Full-stack apps needing databases + services in one place
Stated uptime SLA	99.95%	Custom SLA available on Enterprise only; no public SLA percentage for Hobby/Pro
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	20	6
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Ticket, Phone, Docs, Pro/Premium Managed Services (paid)	Docs, Community (Discord), Ticket (Pro), Business Class / dedicated support (Enterprise, paid add-on on Pro)
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Bandwidth overage billed at $0.01/GB past the pooled monthly allowance (5 TB US/Canada/Europe, 1 TB Asia-Pacific) Windows Server / SQL Server / Exchange / RDS licensing adds an undisclosed per-server surcharge only shown at calculator checkout Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average CPU usage exceeds 10% Powered-off (but not terminated) servers may continue to accrue charges Pro Managed Services add $50/server/month; Premium Managed Services add $150/server/month	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