How much does Railway cost in 2026?

Railway charges $5.00 per month for the entry plan, per Railway's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: $5 of usage included on the Hobby plan. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does Railway have a free tier?

Yes — $5 of usage included on the Hobby plan. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.

What does Railway charge for egress?

$0.050 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.

Are these Railway prices current?

They were checked against Railway's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Railway pricing

Bills per second of actual CPU and memory consumption rather than per provisioned instance, which makes irregular and low-traffic workloads markedly cheaper than flat-rate platforms.

List prices checked May 2026

By Railway · Application platforms

Rate card

What Railway charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$5.00/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Data transfer out	$0.050/GB	Standard tier, cheapest common region
Free tier	Yes	$5 of usage included on the Hobby plan

Source: Railway pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

Railway billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$10/mo

Entry plan at $5/month$5.00
100 GB at $0.05/GB$5.00

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$55/mo

Entry plan at $5/month$5.00
1 TB at $0.05/GB$50

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$505/mo

Entry plan at $5/month$5.00
10 TB at $0.05/GB$500

Railway vs the alternatives

The closest application platforms on price, with the difference on application platforms's headline axis.

Service	Entry plan	vs Railway	Compare
Heroku	$5.00	—	Head to head
DigitalOcean App Platform	$5.00	—	Head to head
Koyeb	$6.40	1.3× dearer	Head to head
Fly.io	$3.19	1.6× cheaper	Head to head
Render	$7.00	1.4× dearer	Head to head
Netlify	$9.00	1.8× dearer	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Railway cost in 2026?: Railway charges $5.00 per month for the entry plan, per Railway's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: $5 of usage included on the Hobby plan. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Railway have a free tier?: Yes — $5 of usage included on the Hobby plan. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
What does Railway charge for egress?: $0.050 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these Railway prices current?: They were checked against Railway's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Rate card

What it costs per month

Railway vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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