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Railway vs Render pricing

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

Verdict at 100,000 pageviews a month: Railway is cheaper: Railway comes to $24.77 and Render to $57.55 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile. Viral day: Railway goes past its free limits, and its paid plan comes to $40.72; Render goes past its free limits, and its paid plan comes to $105.40.
Railway vs Render
RailwayRender
TypePlatform (PaaS)Platform (PaaS)
Free tierFree $0 with $1/month usage credit (plus $5 one-time 30-day trial)Source · Oct 16—
Free bandwidthUnverifiedSource · Oct 165 GBSource · Oct 16
Free requestsUnverifiedSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Paid planHobbySource · Oct 16ProSource · Oct 16
Price$5/monthSource · Oct 16$25/monthSource · Oct 16
Included—25 GB bandwidth, 1K build minsSource · Oct 16
Bandwidth overage$0.05/GBSource · Oct 16$0.15/GBSource · Oct 16
Requests overage——
Over the free limitBehaviour unverifiedBehaviour 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. Railway
    Hobby
    $24.77/mo
    Cheapest verifiedKeeps 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.

  2. Render
    Pro
    $57.55/mo
    Keeps billingFree tier goes over its limits (what happens next isn’t stated) at ~2.6k pageviews/mo.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Pro workspace$25.00Source, Oct 16, 2026
    Starter instance (512 MB)
    one always-on web service
    		$7.00Source, Oct 16, 2026
    Bandwidth
    170.31 GB over 25 included × $0.15
    		$25.55Source, Oct 16, 2026

FAQ

Is Railway or Render cheaper for 100,000 pageviews a month?

Railway is cheaper: Railway comes to $24.77 and Render to $57.55 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile.

What happens to Railway and Render on a viral day?

On a month with one day at 50× normal traffic: Railway goes past its free limits, and its paid plan comes to $40.72; Render goes past its free limits, and its paid plan comes to $105.40.

Does Railway or Render have a hard cap on the free tier?

Railway's free tier: behaviour unverified. Render's free tier: behaviour unverified.

Full details: Railway pricing · Render pricing