Chronicle

Render vs Railway

Render starts at $6/mo across 10 plans. Railway starts at $5/mo across 4 plans.

Render
Cloud & Hosting
10 plans
$0 Hobby $25 Professional $499 Organization Custom Enterprise $0 Hobby $25 Professional $499 Organization Custom Enterprise
From $6$6/moFree tier
Railway
Cloud & Hosting
4 plans
$0 Free $5 Hobby $20 Pro Custom Enterprise $0 Free $5 Hobby $20 Pro Custom Enterprise
From $5$5/moFree tier
Railway's cheapest paid plan costs $5/mo, $1 less than Render at $6/mo. Both offer a free tier.

Plan by plan

TierRenderRailway
01Hobby · Workspace
$0$0
Free
$0$0
02Professional · Workspace
$25$25 /mo
Hobby
$5$5 /mo
03Organization · Workspace
$499$499 /mo
Pro
$20$20 /mo
04Enterprise · Workspace
CustomCustom
Enterprise
CustomCustom
05Starter instance · Web services
$7$7 /mo
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06Standard instance · Web services
$25$25 /mo
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07Pro instance · Web services
$85$85 /mo
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08Basic 256MB · Postgres
$6$6 /mo
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09Basic 1GB · Postgres
$19$19 /mo
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10Pro 4GB · Postgres
$55$55 /mo
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Plans are listed in each vendor's own order. Prices in USD; confirm on the vendor's site before buying.