Railway pricing explained: plans, usage and what you'll really pay

Kofi Agyem, Founder and CEO, CloudzyroPublished November 1, 2026

How Railway's pricing works: the Free, Hobby and Pro plans, per-second CPU, memory and traffic charges, worked monthly examples and how to keep costs down.

1. Railway's plans at a glance

Railway charges a small monthly plan fee that includes the same amount of usage, then bills what your services use by the second. Figures from Railway's pricing page, checked on November 1, 2026:

Trial: $0, with a one-time $5 credit that lasts 30 days. No card needed.
Free: $0 a month, with $1 of usage a month.
Hobby: $5 a month, including $5 of usage.
Pro: $20 a month per workspace, including $20 of usage, with seats included.
Enterprise: custom pricing.

2. How usage is billed

Everything your services use is measured by the second and added up over the month:

CPU: $0.00000772 per vCPU per second, about $20 for one vCPU running all month
Memory: $0.00000386 per GB per second, about $10 for each GB held all month
Outbound traffic: $0.05 per GB

Your plan's included usage ($5 on Hobby, $20 on Pro) comes off that total first. You pay the plan fee or your usage, whichever is higher. Stopped services cost nothing.

3. Worked examples

These assume a service runs all month at the size shown. Real apps often use less CPU when they're quiet, so treat them as the top of the range.

A small Node.js app using half a vCPU and 512 MB: about $10 for CPU plus $5 for memory, $15 a month. On Hobby that's the $5 fee covering the first $5, so $15 in total.
The same app with a 1 GB database service on half a vCPU: about another $15, so around $30 a month before traffic.
A site sending 200 GB a month: $10 of outbound traffic on top.

4. Limits by plan

Custom domains: none on Free, 2 on Hobby, 20 on Pro
Members: 1 on Free, 3 per project on Hobby, unlimited seats on Pro

5. How to keep your Railway bill down

Give each service only the memory it needs, since memory is billed for every second it's held.
Stop services you aren't using: stopped services cost nothing.
Cache and compress what you send, since outbound traffic is billed per GB.
Check the usage page during the month, not just on the invoice.

6. When a flat price fits better

If you'd rather know your bill before the month starts, Cloudzyro charges a flat price per site with compute and traffic included. The free Launch plan allows business use, with 1 CPU, 512 MB of memory and 100 GB of traffic. Boost is $20 a month per site with 2 CPUs, 2 GB of memory and 1 TB of traffic, and team members are always free. A busy site is slowed past its allowance, never charged extra.

See Cloudzyro vs Railway, Railway vs Render and Railway alternatives for side-by-side tables.

7. Sources

Railway pricing

Questions

Is Railway free?

Railway has a free plan with $1 of usage a month, after a 30-day trial with $5 of credit. That's enough for very small or occasional projects.

How much is Railway Hobby?

$5 a month, which includes $5 of usage. If you use more, you pay the difference.

How much is Railway Pro?

$20 a month per workspace, including $20 of usage, with team seats included.

How does Railway charge for CPU and memory?

By the second: about $20 a month for a vCPU running all month and about $10 a month for each GB of memory.

Does Railway charge for bandwidth?

Yes. Outbound traffic from your services costs $0.05 per GB.

Does Railway charge per team member?

Not on Pro: the fee is per workspace and seats are included. Hobby allows 3 members per project.