Railway pricing
Railway · Usage-based containers (per-minute vCPU + RAM) · snapshot captured June 2026
Railway is priced as usage-based containers (per-minute vcpu + ram). Usage-based, billed per minute: $20 per vCPU/month ($0.000463/vCPU/min) + $10 per GB-RAM/month ($0.000231/GB/min). Hobby plan $5/mo includes $5 usage. Egress $0.10/GB; volumes ~$0.25/GB-mo. Not per-request priced. It bills for resources while they run (no scale-to-zero on its own). Egress: Network egress $0.10/GB; volume storage ~$0.25/GB-month.
Source: Railway pricing. Data as of June 2026.
Railway pricing at a glance
| Cost factor | Railway |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Usage-based containers (per-minute vCPU + RAM) |
| Per 1M requests | Not request-priced |
| Per GB-second | n/a |
| Free tier | No perpetual free runtime. Hobby is $5/month including $5 of usage. Usage-based: $20/vCPU/month ($0.000463/vCPU/min) + $10/GB-RAM/month ($0.000231/GB/min), billed per minute. Egress $0.10/GB. |
| Scale to zero | No (bills while running) |
| Egress | Network egress $0.10/GB; volume storage ~$0.25/GB-month. |
| Regions | US, EU and Asia-Pacific regions. |
Source: Railway pricing page. Data as of June 2026.
Source: Railway pricing. Snapshot June 2026 — verify on the vendor's pricing page. Serverless pricing changes frequently.
Worked example
A small API doing 1,000,000 requests/month, each running ~200 ms at 256 MB of memory (≈50,000 GB-seconds/month):
Railway is not billed per request — it uses usage-based containers (per-minute vcpu + ram), so a per-request figure is not comparable. Usage-based, billed per minute: $20 per vCPU/month ($0.000463/vCPU/min) + $10 per GB-RAM/month ($0.000231/GB/min). Hobby plan $5/mo includes $5 usage. Egress $0.10/GB; volumes ~$0.25/GB-mo. Not per-request priced. Use the platform's own model for this workload.
Computed from the committed June 2026 snapshot rates. See the calculator to change the assumptions, and methodology for the formula.
Cost pros & cons
Where Railway saves money
- Per-minute usage billing, pay for what runs
- Very simple deploy-from-repo workflow
- Hobby plan bundles $5 of usage
Watch-outs
- No always-free runtime (Hobby is $5/mo)
- Resource-time pricing, not per-request — pricier for spiky low-volume APIs
- Egress at $0.10/GB is higher than some rivals
Railway vs similar platforms
How Railway compares with related serverless platforms on the headline rates:
| Platform | Model | Per 1M req | Per GB-s | Egress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railway (this platform) | Usage-based containers (per-minute vCPU + RAM) | Not request-priced | n/a | $0.10/GB |
| AWS Lambda | FaaS (request + GB-second) | $0.20 / 1M | $0.0000167 / GB-s | $0.09/GB |
| Cloudflare Workers | Edge FaaS (request + CPU-ms) | $0.30 / 1M | n/a | Free |
| Google Cloud Run | Serverless containers (vCPU-s + GiB-s + request) | $0.40 / 1M | $0.0000025 / GB-s | varies |
| Google Cloud Functions | FaaS (now on Cloud Run model) | $0.40 / 1M | $0.0000025 / GB-s | varies |
| Azure Functions | FaaS (Consumption / Flex Consumption) | $0.20 / 1M | $0.000016 / GB-s | varies |
Frequently asked questions
How much does Railway cost?
Usage-based, billed per minute: $20 per vCPU/month ($0.000463/vCPU/min) + $10 per GB-RAM/month ($0.000231/GB/min). Hobby plan $5/mo includes $5 usage. Egress $0.10/GB; volumes ~$0.25/GB-mo. Not per-request priced. Snapshot June 2026 — verify on the vendor's pricing page.
Does Railway have a free tier?
Not a perpetual free runtime. No perpetual free runtime. Hobby is $5/month including $5 of usage. Usage-based: $20/vCPU/month ($0.000463/vCPU/min) + $10/GB-RAM/month ($0.000231/GB/min), billed per minute. Egress $0.10/GB.
Does Railway scale to zero?
No — Railway bills for resources while they run rather than scaling to zero on its own. No always-free runtime; Hobby plan is $5/mo and includes $5 of usage. Trial credit for new accounts.
What does Railway charge for egress?
Network egress $0.10/GB; volume storage ~$0.25/GB-month. Egress is one of the most overlooked serverless costs, so model your outbound data when comparing platforms.
Keep exploring
Source & accuracy
Figures are a dated snapshot from Railway's pricing page (snapshot captured June 2026). The worked example is a transparent calculation over those inputs (see methodology). Serverless pricing is volatile and varies by region, memory tier and discounts — verify current prices on the vendor's page before relying on them. This is an informational comparison, not a quote.
Last updated: 2026-06-21