Railway — pricing, limits & comparison
Generated 2026-11-02 01:10 UTC · JSON
Railway scores 68.5 for small production database (Postgres hosting). Agent-friction 90/100.
Pricing
| Plan | Base / mo | Included | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $5 | 1 storage_gb | $0.15/1 storage_gb |
Cost at scale — Postgres hosting
| 10 storage_gb/mo | 100 storage_gb/mo | 1k storage_gb/mo |
|---|---|---|
| $6.35 | $19.85 | $154.85 |
Agent-friction breakdown — 90/100
| Check | Points | Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Test credentials without a credit card | 20 | ✓ |
| Sandbox or test mode | 15 | ✓ |
| Setup with no human-only steps | 15 | ✓ |
| Official CLI | 10 | ✓ |
| Official MCP server | 10 | × |
| Markdown docs, current with the SDK | 10 | ✓ |
| Typed SDK for main languages | 10 | ✓ |
| Error messages that name the fix | 10 | ✓ |
Analytics & data access
Can you get your own usage/event data out, and is it any good?
| Dashboard (built-in analytics) | ✓ |
| Metrics / events API | ✓ |
| Webhooks (real-time events) | ✓ |
| Raw log export | × |
| Data retention | depends on setup |
| Metrics covered | cpu, memory, storage, network |
Usage-based, per-second billing; metrics in the project dashboard.