---
tool: "Railway"
slug: "railway"
category: "Developer & Infrastructure"
pricing_model: "Hybrid"
pricing_transparency: "Public"
entry_price_monthly: 5
entry_price_annual: null
annual_discount_pct: null
native_currency: "USD"
free_plan_available: true
free_trial_days: 30
enterprise_pricing_available: true
number_of_plans: 4
key_limit_metric: "Usage credits"
last_checked_date: "2026-08-10"
last_manually_verified: null
verification_status: null
vendor_pricing_page: "https://railway.com/pricing"
vendor_website: "https://railway.com"
source: https://saaspricehub.io/tools/railway
---

# Railway pricing

Modern PaaS positioned as the alternative to Heroku for developers who want git-push-to-deploy simplicity plus per-resource billing. Distinctive for its usage-based pricing (compute per GB-hour, RAM per GB-hour) versus flat dyno pricing at Heroku. Free trial credits give hobby projects room; production apps typically $20-$500/mo. YC-backed, popular with indie hackers and Series A/B startups.

## Current entry price

**$5/month** billed monthly.

## All tiers

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Key limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free Trial | $0 | — | one-time $5 usage credit |
| Hobby | $5 | — | includes $5 usage/mo, billed per-second above |
| Pro | $20 | — | per seat, includes $20 usage/mo |
| Enterprise | custom | custom | SLAs + compliance |

## Pricing model

- **Model:** Hybrid
- **Key limit metric:** Usage credits
- **Free plan:** Yes
- **Free trial:** 30 days
- **Enterprise pricing:** Available (custom quote)
- **Native currency:** USD

## Verification

- **Last automated check:** 2026-08-10
- **Last manual verification:** Not manually verified
- **Verification status:** Unknown
- **Source:** https://railway.com/pricing

## Recommendation

In other words, Railway is worth it for developers building side projects or small production apps who want Heroku-style ease with modern pricing — deploy any GitHub repo in one click, scale to serverless functions. Hobby covers indie dev use; Pro adds team features and higher limits. Very easy setup — the whole point. Native integrations with GitHub, GitLab, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis. Downside: usage-based scaling can surprise you at scale, and lacks the enterprise features of AWS/GCP for production-critical apps.

## Alternative to consider

Next.js team? Pick Vercel. Full-stack Postgres? Supabase or Render. Enterprise-grade with all AWS features? Actual AWS.

## Vendor context

Usage-based, billed by the second. Free plan ($0; 30-day trial with $5 credits, then $1/mo). Hobby $5/mo and Pro $20/mo are monthly usage-credit minimums.

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*Pricing data maintained by SaaS Price Hub. Human-readable page: [https://saaspricehub.io/tools/railway](https://saaspricehub.io/tools/railway). All prices in USD unless otherwise noted. This file is machine-readable and updated within 24 hours of any tracked price change.*