Railway alternatives
Kofi Agyem, Founder and CEO, CloudzyroPublished
What to look for when you move off Railway, and how the main alternatives compare, from each company's own pricing pages.
| Feature | Cloudzyro | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Launch: free, business use included | $1 of usage a month (after a 30-day trial with $5) |
| Paid plan | Boost: $20 a month per site, team members included | Hobby $5 or Pro $20 a month per workspace, including that much usage, then pay for what you use |
| Charged per team member | Never | No, seats are included on Pro |
| Over your traffic allowance | Slowed down, never taken offline or charged extra | Outbound traffic at $0.05 per GB |
| Custom domains | Free on every plan | None on Free, 2 on Hobby, 20 on Pro |
Other companies' figures from Railway pricing, Render: updated workspace plans, Render: free instances, Vercel pricing, checked October 31, 2026. Prices change, so check their pages before you decide.
Why people look for a Railway alternative
Railway bills CPU, memory and outbound traffic by the second on top of its plan, so the bill moves with every busy week. Its free plan is $1 of usage a month after the trial. People look for a free tier with more room or a flat, predictable price.
What to compare
Whether the price is flat or usage-based, whether the free plan allows business use and keeps apps awake, whether team members cost extra, and what happens when your site gets busy.
Render
Pro is $25 a month flat plus compute; extra bandwidth is $0.15 per GB. Free web services spin down after 15 minutes without traffic.
Vercel
Hobby is free for personal, non-commercial use; Pro is $20 a month per developer seat, with 1 TB of transfer included, then from $0.15 per GB.
Cloudzyro
A flat price per site: Launch is free with business use allowed, and Boost is $20 a month with 2 CPUs, 2 GB of memory and 1 TB of traffic included. A busy site is slowed past its allowance, never charged extra, and sites never sleep.
Moving from Railway
Node.js apps with a build and a start script run as they are, listening on PORT. Connect your Git repository, add your environment variables, connect your database (Supabase, Neon or any other), then point your domain at us.