Railway

Usage-based PaaS on self-owned infrastructure

HQ: USA
Founded: 2020
Locations: 4
SOC 2: Type II

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At a glance

Small VM: $30 /mo; 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Egress: $50 /TB; $0.05 / GB
Object storage: $15 /mo; 1 TB
PostgreSQL: $87.50 /mo; 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage

What's good about Railway

Billed by the second on actual CPU and memory utilization
App Sleeping reduces costs on low-traffic workloads
Self-owned hardware across US, EU, and Asia
Template directory with a 15% kickback for template authors, 25% with active support

Pricing & billing

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Railway charges a base subscription that goes towards your usage, then bills actual CPU and memory utilization by the second.

Plans are Free ($0 / mo with $1 of monthly credit), Hobby ($5 / mo with $5 of credit), Pro ($20 / mo with $20 of credit and unlimited seats), and Enterprise (custom).

Resource	Rate
CPU	$20 / vCPU / mo
Memory	$10 / GB / mo
Volumes	$0.15 / GB / mo
Object storage	$0.015 / GB / mo
Egress	$0.05 / GB

Price point	Configuration	Estimated cost
Small VM 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM	1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM	$30.00 /mo
Medium VM 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$160.00 /mo
Large VM 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$320.00 /mo
Block storage 100 GB	100 GB	$15.00 /mo
Object storage 1 TB	1 TB	$15.00 /mo
Load balancer		Included in plan
PostgreSQL 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage	2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage	$87.50 /mo
Redis 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM	1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM	$30.00 /mo
Egress $0.05 / GB	$0.05 / GB	$50.00 /TB

Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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About Railway

Railway is a US-based PaaS founded in 2020, targeting developers and teams deploying full-stack applications. It runs on self-owned hardware across US, EU, and Asia rather than reselling AWS or GCP capacity.

The platform bills by the second on actual CPU and memory utilization rather than fixed instance sizes, so idle services can cost near zero. Deployments support GitHub, Docker images, and the CLI, with managed databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis), persistent volumes, and object storage included.

Services

Railway offers 9 of the 27 services we track.

Service	Provider page
Block Storage	On Railway
Managed Containers	On Railway
Managed MySQL	On Railway
Managed PostgreSQL	On Railway
Managed Redis®*	On Railway
NoSQL Databases	On Railway
Object Storage	On Railway
Serverless Cron Jobs	On Railway
Serverless Functions	On Railway

Compliance

Railway covers 3 of the 6 compliance frameworks we track.

Framework	Level	Checked	Source
SOC 2 Type II	Type II	Sep 16, 2026	docs.railway.com Sep 16, 2026
HIPAA		Sep 16, 2026	railway.com Sep 16, 2026
GDPR		Sep 16, 2026	railway.com Sep 16, 2026

Heads up: Each row links to the provider's own statement, checked on the date shown. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it.

Locations

Based on our records, Railway operates in 4 locations across 3 countries.

Country	Location	Region code
Netherlands	Amsterdam	europe-west4-drams3a
Singapore	Singapore	asia-southeast1-eqsg3a
USA	California	us-west2
USA	Virginia	us-east4-eqdc4a

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Our data for Railway was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026.