How do AWS Lambda and Railway prices compare?

AWS Lambda: $3.80/month on On-demand at 20 million requests. Railway: $40/month on Hobby at 2 vCPU-months. Different billing units are not an equal-workload comparison. Estimates exclude unlisted add-ons and taxes.

Can storage and hosting costs be compared directly?

Not as one workload. Storage, bandwidth, requests and compute are separate billing units; estimates use independent controls when those units differ.

What can be missing from a hosting estimate?

Build minutes, CPU time, memory, requests, outbound transfer, team seats and regional charges may be outside the tracked component.

What features and free access does AWS Lambda list?

Pay per request, Any runtime, AWS integration. Free access: 1M requests/mo. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

What features and free access does Railway list?

Usage-based, Instant deploys, Templates. Free access: Trial credits. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

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AWS Lambda vs Railway

Compare AWS Lambda, Railway by compute, bandwidth, storage, deployment limits, regions and support.

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These providers bill in different units. Each estimate uses its own workload; there is no same-volume price winner.

AWS Lambda

Monthly million requests

Railway

Monthly vCPU-months

AWS Lambda

$3.80 / mo

On-demand · 20 million requests

Railway

$40 / mo

Hobby · 2 vCPU-months

Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.

Compute & Storage overview & pricing

Compute & Storage	AWS Lambda	Railway
Provider	Amazon Web Services	Railway
Billing unit	million requests	vCPU-months
Plan at selected usage	On-demand	Hobby
Monthly estimate	$3.80/mo	$40/mo
Workload	20 million requests	2 vCPU-months
Free access	1M requests/mo	Trial credits
Published plans	On-demand	Free, Hobby, Pro, Enterprise
Prices checked	Not listed	2026-10-08

Provider

AWS Lambda: Amazon Web Services
Railway: Railway

Billing unit

AWS Lambda: million requests
Railway: vCPU-months

Plan at selected usage

AWS Lambda: On-demand
Railway: Hobby

Monthly estimate

AWS Lambda: $3.80/mo
Railway: $40/mo

Workload

AWS Lambda: 20 million requests
Railway: 2 vCPU-months

Free access

AWS Lambda: 1M requests/mo
Railway: Trial credits

Published plans

AWS Lambda: On-demand
Railway: Free, Hobby, Pro, Enterprise

Prices checked

AWS Lambda: Not listed
Railway: 2026-10-08

Compute & Storage monthly cost

AWS Lambda: $3.80Railway: $40

Different workloads, separate estimates

Separate application hosting, serverless requests and object storage. A GB of storage is not a GB of egress. Budget for compute duration, requests, builds and network transfer where charged, and check region and minimum-spend requirements.

Compute & Storage feature comparison

Compute & Storage	AWS Lambda	Railway
Bandwidth / egress	Standard AWS egress	Not listed
Compute	$0.0000166667/GB-s	Not listed
Storage	Ephemeral 512 MB	Not listed
Builds & deploys	N/A	Not listed
Regions	30+ regions	Not listed
Team members	IAM	Unlimited
Uptime SLA	99.95%	Not listed
Support	AWS support plan	Not listed
Projects	Not listed	50
Services per project	Not listed	50
CPU per service	Not listed	Up to 48 vCPU
RAM per service	Not listed	Up to 48 GB
Ephemeral disk	Not listed	100 GB
Volume storage	Not listed	Up to 5 GB
Volumes per project	Not listed	10
Buckets per project	Not listed	50
Cron jobs per project	Not listed	50
Build image size	Not listed	100 GB
Replicas per service	Not listed	Up to 6
Vertical autoscaling	Not listed
Horizontal scaling via replicas	Not listed
Railway Agent	Not listed
Default agent spend limit	Not listed	$20 / month
Sandboxes	Not listed
Running sandboxes per environment	Not listed	50
Default sandbox size	Not listed	4 vCPU / 4 GB
Maximum sandbox size	Not listed	8 vCPU / 8 GB
Idle timeout	Not listed	Up to 2 hours, or never
Checkpoints, forks, and templates	Not listed
Private networking and public domains	Not listed
Project members	Not listed	3
Team roles	Not listed	Admin, Member, Deployer
Real-time project canvas	Not listed
Preview environments	Not listed
GitHub repo deployment	Not listed
Docker Image deployment	Not listed
Local repo deployment with the Railway CLI	Not listed
Custom Dockerfile support	Not listed
Concurrent builds	Not listed	3
Config as code (TOML/JSON)	Not listed
Build timeout	Not listed	40 mins
Service variables and secrets management	Not listed
One-click rollbacks	Not listed
Redeploy or restart	Not listed
Configurable restart policy	Not listed
Healthcheck endpoints	Not listed
Deploy any open-source database	Not listed
Built-in database and volume backups	Not listed
IOPS	Not listed	3,000 read/write operations per second
Disk usage metrics	Not listed
Class A operations	Not listed	Free
Class B operations	Not listed	Free
Bucket egress	Not listed	Free
Max storage	Not listed	1 TB
Free Railway domains	Not listed
Custom domains	Not listed	2
Service domains	Not listed	4
Global regions	Not listed
Concurrent regions	Not listed
Private networking	Not listed
Wildcard domains	Not listed
Up to 100 Gbps private transfer	Not listed
Up to 10 Gbps public transfer	Not listed
Multiple IPv6 protocols	Not listed
TCP proxy	Not listed
HTTP proxy	Not listed
DDoS protection	Not listed
SMTP	Not listed
Build/Deploy logs	Not listed
CPU/RAM/Disk/Network metrics	Not listed
Log retention	Not listed	7 days
Log filtering, querying and structured logging	Not listed
Webhooks	Not listed
Configurable alerts	Not listed
Email alerts	Not listed
Hard and soft limits	Not listed
Audit logs	Not listed	48 hours
SOC 2 compliance	Not listed
Granular access control	Not listed
SSO	Not listed
HIPAA BAA	Not listed
Dedicated VMs	Not listed
Bring your own cloud	Not listed
Community support	Not listed
Priority support	Not listed

Bandwidth / egress

AWS Lambda: Standard AWS egress
Railway: Not listed

Compute

AWS Lambda: $0.0000166667/GB-s
Railway: Not listed

Storage

AWS Lambda: Ephemeral 512 MB
Railway: Not listed

Builds & deploys

AWS Lambda: N/A
Railway: Not listed

Regions

AWS Lambda: 30+ regions
Railway: Not listed

Team members

AWS Lambda: IAM
Railway: Unlimited

Uptime SLA

AWS Lambda: 99.95%
Railway: Not listed

Support

AWS Lambda: AWS support plan
Railway: Not listed

Projects

AWS Lambda: Not listed
Railway: 50

Services per project

AWS Lambda: Not listed
Railway: 50

CPU per service

AWS Lambda: Not listed
Railway: Up to 48 vCPU

RAM per service

AWS Lambda: Not listed
Railway: Up to 48 GB

Ephemeral disk

AWS Lambda: Not listed
Railway: 100 GB

Volume storage

AWS Lambda: Not listed
Railway: Up to 5 GB

Volumes per project

AWS Lambda: Not listed
Railway: 10

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AWS Lambda features & plan notes

Pay per request
Any runtime
AWS integration

Full pricing Official Pricing API

Railway features & plan notes

Usage-based
Instant deploys
Templates
Includes $5 of monthly usage credits
After credits are used, you'll only be charged for extra resource usage
Up to 48 vCPU / 48 GB RAM per service
Up to 5 replicas, at 8 vCPU / 8 GB RAM per replica
Up to 5 GB storage
Single developer workspace
Community support
99.9% Availability Target
7-Day Log History
Global regions

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