# Railway pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $5/mo (Hobby). Among the 7 managed postgres we track it is #6 cheapest of 7; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** railway.com
**Free tier:** No
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** GitHub, Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Datadog, Slack
**Best for:** Developers wanting Postgres + app infra in a single platform with unified billing; Teams deploying from GitHub with minimal infrastructure configuration; Projects scaling from hobby to production without changing providers; AI agent workflows using Railway's built-in MCP server integration
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hobby | $5 | — | flat | Includes $5/mo usage credit toward resource consumption. Additional usage billed on top: RAM $10/GB-mo, CPU $20/vCPU-mo, Volume $0.15/GB-mo, Egress $0.05/GB. Postgres service billed by actual resource consumption. | railway.com |
| Pro | $20 | — | per_seat | $20/month per seat; includes $20/mo usage credit toward resource consumption. Higher limits (1 TB RAM, 1,000 vCPU, 1 TB volume per service), longer log retention, team features. Additional usage billed above credit. | railway.com |
| Enterprise | Quote-only | — | custom | Custom pricing. Contractual SLAs, SSO, dedicated support, procurement options. Annual committed spend discounts available. | railway.com |

**Key features:** Postgres deployed as a first-class service alongside app — same usage-metered billing; Deploy from GitHub repo, Docker image, CLI, or template in one command; Built-in cron jobs, one-off scripts, and MCP server for AI agent workflows; SOC 2 Type II + HIPAA certified + GDPR with DPA — confirmed on trust.railway.com; Multi-region deployments with horizontal replicas and TCP proxying.

**Plan limits:** No $0 forever plan — Hobby plan starts at $5/mo with $5 usage credit; Hobby: RAM $10/GB-mo, CPU $20/vCPU-mo, Volume $0.15/GB-mo, Egress $0.05/GB; Pro: $20/seat/mo with $20/mo usage credit; 1 TB RAM / 1,000 vCPU limits per service.

## Cheaper managed postgres alternatives

- [Supabase](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/supabase/) — from $0/mo
- [Neon](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/neon/) — from $0/mo
- [Aiven](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/aiven/) — from $0/mo
- [Render](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/render/) — from $0/mo
- [CockroachDB](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/cockroachdb/) — from $0/mo

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: Prices fetched from https://railway.com/pricing on 2026-06-14 and corroborated by https://docs.railway.com/reference/pricing/plans. Hobby=$5/mo, Pro=$20/mo/seat confirmed from both sources. Resource usage rates confirmed from docs: RAM $10/GB/month, CPU $20/vCPU/month, Volume $0.15/GB/month, Egress $0.05/GB. Postgres on Railway is deployed as a plugin/service and billed via the same usage-metered model. No HIPAA or BAA mentions found on pricing pages.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/railway/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Railway's entry plan was $5/mo as of 2026-06-14 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/railway/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl