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Railway

Usage-based compute and databases for indie projects.

Per-second billing on whatever you deploy — a web service, a database, a cron job — with no separate product tiers to choose between.

Best for

Solo developers and small teams who want Heroku-style simplicity with modern usage-based pricing.

How it bills

Per-second usage billing on vCPU and RAM actually consumed, no flat instance tiers.

Strengths

  • +Very simple deploy experience
  • +True usage-based billing, no idle server tax

Trade-offs

  • No official pricing API — rates change without much notice
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