PaaS / App Hosting · pricing · Updated September 2026
Railway pricing (2026)
Railway starts at $5/mo (Hobby) as checked on 2026-09-03, read from Railway's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Developer teams wanting usage-metered PaaS with high resource ceilings. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $5/mo (Hobby)
- Free tier: No
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Developer teams wanting usage-metered PaaS with high resource ceilings; HIPAA-regulated workloads on a modern deploy platform; Startups scaling from side project to production without renegotiating plans
As of · every figure below links to its source
Railway plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $5 | — | flat | Includes $5 of resource usage/month. Max 6 replicas per service, 48 GB RAM, 48 vCPU, 100 GB ephemeral storage. Usage beyond $5 credit billed at RAM $10/GB/month, CPU $20/vCPU/month, network egress $0.05/GB. | railway.com |
| Pro | $20 | — | per_seat | $20/seat/month. Includes $20 of resource usage per seat. Max 42 replicas, 1 TB RAM, 1,000 vCPU per service. Volume storage up to 1 TB. Annual committed spend discounts available (rate not published). Network egress $0.05/GB. | railway.com |
| Enterprise | not priced monthly | — | custom | Custom pricing. Contractual SLAs, SSO, dedicated support, procurement flexibility. Max 50 replicas, 2.4 TB RAM, 2,400 vCPU, 5 TB volume storage. | railway.com |
Last verified 2026-09-03. https://railway.com/pricing accessed 2026-06-14; plan resource limits confirmed from https://docs.railway.com/reference/pricing/plans accessed 2026-06-14. Re-verified 2026-09-03 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
Price on record
$5/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: GitHub, GitLab, Docker, Postgres, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB.
Key features: SOC 2 Type II + HIPAA BAA (confirmed via trust.railway.com); GDPR DPA available at railway.com/legal/dpa; Usage-based billing with generous per-plan resource caps; Volume storage up to 1 TB on Pro, 5 TB on Enterprise.
Plan limits: Hobby: $5/month includes $5 resource credit, max 6 replicas, 48 GB RAM, 48 vCPU; Pro: $20/seat, $20 resource credit per seat, max 1 TB RAM, 1,000 vCPU; Egress: $0.05/GB on all plans; Enterprise: 2.4 TB RAM, 2,400 vCPU, 5 TB volume storage.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Railway cost?
Railway starts at $5/mo (Hobby); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-09-03.
Does Railway support HIPAA?
Railway HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Railway have a free plan?
Railway free tier: No.
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