Deploy to the cloud with instant deploys and auto-scaling
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Entry price
Free plan available, paid tiers above
Biggest pro
One-click databases
Biggest con
Limited free tier
TL;DR - Railway
- Deploy apps with zero configuration
- Instant databases and infrastructure
- The modern Heroku alternative
What is Railway?
Available on: Web
Pros & Cons
Pros
- One-click databases
- Simple pricing
- Great DX
Cons
- Limited free tier
- Less control than AWS
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Key Features
Pricing Plans
Free TrialFree
$0
- $5 trial credits (30 days)
- 0.5 GB RAM
- 1 vCPU per service
- 0.5 GB volume storage
- 5 projects
Hobby
$5
- $5 monthly credits included
- Up to 50 GB RAM/50 vCPU
- Up to 5 GB storage
- 50 services per project
- Community support
Pro
$20
- $20 monthly credits included
- Up to 1 TB RAM/1,000 vCPU
- Up to 1 TB storage
- 100 services per project
- Unlimited workspace seats
- Priority support
Enterprise
Custom
- SSO
- Audit logs
- HIPAA BAAs
- Support SLOs
- 90-day log history
- Up to 2.4 TB RAM/2,400 vCPU
- Dedicated VMs
How Railway's pricing compares
At $5/mo, Railway is mid-range of its 6 direct competitors ($4 to $20/mo across the set).
Entry paid plan, monthly.
Reviews
Across 34 verified user reviews on G2
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