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Railway costs Free to $20 per month as of May 2026. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.

  • Free tier: No free tier available
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+-96% above list price
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Railway true cost runs -96% above the listed $0-$20/month price as of May 2026. For a 25-person team, expect ~$109 in year-one costs vs the $3,000 base license. Key hidden costs: compute (cpu): $0.000463 per vcpu-minute (~$0.028/vcpu-hour) billed per second, memory (ram): ~$0.014 per gb-hour billed per second, storage: ~$0.25 per gb-month for persistent volumes. Verified from 5 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

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Compute (CPU): $0.000463 per vCPU-minute (~$0.028/vCPU-hour) billed per second

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Memory (RAM): ~$0.014 per GB-hour billed per second

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Storage: ~$0.25 per GB-month for persistent volumes

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Network egress: $0.10 per GB of data leaving Railway to the internet

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Pro plan is billed per seat — a 5-person team pays $100/month in subscription fees before any usage

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Hobby plan $5 subscription fee is charged even if you use $0 in resources

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Business Class Support is an add-on cost on Pro plan (included in Enterprise only)

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Enterprise minimum commitment is $2,000/month regardless of actual usage

Example: True Cost for 25 Users

License (25 × $10 × 12) $3,000/yr
Implementation (one-time) +$15,000–$50,000
Premium Support (20%) +$600/yr
Training (25 × $500) +$12,500
Admin (part-time) +$15,000–$25,000/yr
Estimated Year 1 Total ~$109
That's roughly 0.0× the advertised license price. The median Railway contract is $480/yr across 85 Vendr purchases.
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