Railway vs Coolify
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Entry pricing: Railway from $5.00/mo (Hobby) vs Coolify from $5.00/mo (Cloud).
Entry plans at a glance
Full pricing
Railway plans
Prices last verified: July 20, 2026Coolify plans
Prices last verified: July 20, 2026Pros & cons
Fantastic developer experience for small always-on services; model your egress before moving anything traffic-heavy.
The self-host counterweight to Vercel in our break-even math: a €10 VPS running Coolify replaces a surprisingly large PaaS bill — if you'll own the ops.
Frequently asked questions
Their entry plans cost the same: Railway Hobby and Coolify Cloud are both $5.00/month at our last verification.
Railway offers unmetered outbound traffic under a fair-use policy; Coolify meters bandwidth by usage.
Railway: US West, US East, EU West, Southeast Asia. Coolify: Self-hosted — any server or VPS you bring.
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