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Fly.io vs Railway pricing

What each charges for the same traffic, and what happens when a post goes viral.

Verdict at 100,000 pageviews a month: Fly.io is cheaper: Fly.io comes to $7.60 and Railway to $24.77 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile. Viral day: Fly.io bills $13.98; Railway goes past its free limits, and its paid plan comes to $40.72.
Fly.io vs Railway
Fly.ioRailway
TypePlatform (PaaS)Platform (PaaS)
Free tierNo free tier; trial up to 2h machine runtime or 7 daysSource · Oct 16Free $0 with $1/month usage credit (plus $5 one-time 30-day trial)Source · Oct 16
Free bandwidth0 GBSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Free requestsUnverifiedSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Paid planPay As You GoSource · Oct 16HobbySource · Oct 16
Price$0/monthSource · Oct 16$5/monthSource · Oct 16
Included——
Bandwidth overage$0.02/GBSource · Oct 16$0.05/GBSource · Oct 16
Requests overage——
Over the free limitNo free tierBehaviour unverified

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Scenario
Traffic details2 MB pages · 20 requests · 10% dynamic · 30 deploys
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Always-on server

The always-on server is used for Railway, which bills a service that runs all month. Fly.io uses one small machine.

One month at your traffic. Totals use verified prices only; “≥” means some items are unverified and left out.

  1. Fly.io
    Pay As You Go
    $7.60/mo
    Cheapest verifiedKeeps billingNo free tier.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Machine (shared-cpu-1x, 512 MB)
    one always-on machine
    		$3.69Source, Oct 16, 2026
    Egress (North America & Europe)
    195.31 GB over 0 included × $0.02
    		$3.91Source, Oct 16, 2026

    Egress is priced by region: $0.02/GB North America & Europe, $0.04/GB Asia-Pacific, $0.12/GB Africa & India. This total uses the first.

  2. Railway
    Hobby
    $24.77/mo
    Keeps billingFree tier goes over its limits (what happens next isn’t stated) with this setup.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Hobby plan$5.00Source, Oct 16, 2026
    Egress
    195.31 GB × $0.05
    		$9.77Source, Oct 16, 2026
    vCPU (always on)
    0.5 vCPU × $20/month
    		$10.00Source, Oct 16, 2026
    Memory (always on)
    0.5 GB × $10/month
    		$5.00Source, Oct 16, 2026
    Included usage
    $5 of usage is included
    		−$5.00Source, Oct 16, 2026

    Railway bills actual use; this assumes your server runs all month at the vCPU and RAM you set.

FAQ

Is Fly.io or Railway cheaper for 100,000 pageviews a month?

Fly.io is cheaper: Fly.io comes to $7.60 and Railway to $24.77 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile.

What happens to Fly.io and Railway on a viral day?

On a month with one day at 50× normal traffic: Fly.io bills $13.98; Railway goes past its free limits, and its paid plan comes to $40.72.

Does Fly.io or Railway have a hard cap on the free tier?

Fly.io has no free tier. Railway's free tier: behaviour unverified.

Full details: Fly.io pricing · Railway pricing