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Railway is a cloud platform for deploying applications, databases and services with usage-based billing.

Free tierfrom $5/moVerified
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Our verdict

The easiest way to run real servers, workers and databases with per-second usage billing. The Hobby plan includes usage credit that covers many small apps.

Best for

  • ✓ Backends, workers and cron jobs
  • ✓ Databases alongside your app
  • ✓ Docker-based deploys

Watch out for

  • ! Usage-based: a busy service costs more than the plan fee

Pricing

Read from the official pricing page. Prices in USD; always confirm on the vendor's site.

PlanPriceDetails
Free TrialFree$5 one-time credit, expires in 30 days; up to 2 vCPU / 1 GB per service.
FreeFree$1/month of usage included; up to 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB per service.
Hobby$5/moIncludes $5/month usage; up to 48 vCPU / 48 GB per service.
Pro$20/mo$20 per workspace, unlimited seats; includes $20/month usage; up to 1,000 vCPU / 1 TB per service.
EnterpriseCustomCustom pricing; billing period not stated. Check site.

Note: Usage billed per second on top of plan fee: memory ~$10/GB-month, CPU ~$20/vCPU-month, volumes ~$0.15/GB-month, egress $0.05/GB, object storage $0.015/GB-month.

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