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Railway

Cloud platform for deploying containerized applications, databases and supporting services.

Railway is a platform as a service provider based in United States. It operates European infrastructure in Netherlands. A free tier is available. As a US company it falls under the US CLOUD Act. Pricing on this page is published only after a human has reviewed it.

Company based in
United States
European regions
Netherlands
US CLOUD Act
US company
GDPR agreement
Available
Free tier
Free plan at $0 a month with $1 of usage credit, plus a one-time $5 trial credit for 30 days
VAT
Shown excluding VAT
Railway website
Website image published by Railway.

Pricing

4 plans
  • Free
    $0 a month with $1 of usage credit. The credit resets each billing cycle and does not roll over. Limits are 1 vCPU and 0.5 GB memory per service, 1 replica, 0.5 GB volume storage and 3 days of log history. A new account starts on a 30-day trial carrying a one-time $5 credit and no card, then reverts to this plan. Usage beyond the credit is charged at $0.00000386 per GB / sec for memory, $0.00000772 per vCPU / sec for CPU, $0.00000006 per GB / sec for volumes, and $0.05 per GB for service egress.
    Monthly
    0 USD
    vCPU
    1
    Memory
    0.5 GB
    Storage
    0.5 GB
  • Hobby
    $5 a month including $5 of usage credit. The subscription is charged even where none of the credit is used, and the credit resets each billing cycle. Listed maximums are 48 vCPU and 48 GB memory per service, 6 replicas, 5 GB volume storage and 7 days of log history. Usage beyond the credit is charged at $0.00000386 per GB / sec for memory, $0.00000772 per vCPU / sec for CPU, $0.00000006 per GB / sec for volumes, and $0.05 per GB for service egress.
    Monthly
    5 USD
    vCPU
    Not listed
    Memory
    Not listed
    Storage
    Not listed
  • Pro
    $20 a month per workspace including $20 of usage credit, which resets each billing cycle. Listed maximums are 1,000 vCPU and 1 TB memory per service, 42 replicas, 1 TB volume storage and 30 days of log history. Usage beyond the credit is charged at $0.00000386 per GB / sec for memory, $0.00000772 per vCPU / sec for CPU, $0.00000006 per GB / sec for volumes, and $0.05 per GB for service egress.
    Monthly
    20 USD
    vCPU
    Not listed
    Memory
    Not listed
    Storage
    Not listed
  • Enterprise
    Pricing is not published for the plan. Feature unlocks shown on the page are $1,000 for HIPAA BAAs, $2,000 for log history, RBAC, SSO and audit logs, $5,000 for enterprise support, cloud regions and higher resource limits, and $10,000 for dedicated VMs, with a monthly commitment.
    Monthly
    Not listed
    vCPU
    Not listed
    Memory
    Not listed
    Storage
    Not listed

Pros and cons

What works

  • A free plan continues after the trial, at $0 a month with $1 of usage credit.
  • Usage is billed by resource consumption.
  • Supports container images, GitHub repositories and local repositories.
  • Provides PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis deployments.
  • Offers private networking, automatic scaling and persistent volumes.
  • Enterprise supports SSO, audit logs, dedicated VMs and bring your own cloud.

What to watch

  • The trial credit expires after 30 days, and neither the $1 free credit nor the credit included with a paid plan rolls over.
  • The free plan is limited to 1 vCPU, 0.5 GB memory and one replica per service.
  • Service egress is metered at $0.05 per GB.
  • Enterprise pricing is not published as a single plan price.
  • Free and paid plan availability differs across regions and concurrent-region features.

Specifications

Regions
United States (East, West), Europe (West), Southeast Asia, Global regions, Concurrent global regions, AMER, EMEA, APAC
Supported runtimes
Node.js
Egress policy
Service egress is $0.05 per GB. Object Storage has free egress and bucket egress is listed as free.
Certifications
SOC2 Type 2, HIPAA
Uptime sla
99.9% Availability Target on Free; 99.99% Availability Target on Hobby; 99.999% Availability Target on Pro; 99.99% SLA for Enterprise.
Support
Free access includes community support. Enterprise lists 24/7 worldwide support, a 1-hour support response time and unlimited support tickets.

About Railway

Railway deploys container images, code repositories, databases and persistent volumes, with usage billed by resource consumption. The page lists regions in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia, plus private and public networking. Enterprise adds features such as SSO, audit logs, dedicated VMs and bring your own cloud.

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