Comparison

Fly.io vs Railway

Overview

Run your apps close to your users

Fly.io is a developer-focused platform for deploying full-stack apps and databases globally with fast cold starts, Anycast networking, and a generous free tier.

Railway

Deploy anything. Ship everywhere.

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Railway is a developer-first cloud platform for deploying web apps, databases, and workers with instant GitHub-connected deployments, transparent usage pricing, and zero config.

Features

—Global app deployment (35+ regions)
—Anycast networking
—Persistent volumes
—Managed Postgres
—Private networking
—Fast deploys
—Autoscaling
—Edge caching

—GitHub-connected deploys
—Managed databases (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB)
—Private networking
—Horizontal scaling
—Cron jobs
—Persistent volumes
—CLI
—Team collaboration

Pricing

Fly.io

usage basedFree plan available

Plan	Price	Notes
Hobby	$5/mo	Includes $5 usage credit; free resources included.
Pay-as-you-go	Contact sales	Usage-based: VMs from $0.0001/sec, storage $0.15/GB/mo.

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Railway

usage based

Plan	Price	Notes
Hobby	$5/mo	Includes $5 of usage credit.
Pro	$20/mo	Base monthly fee plus usage for higher limits and scale.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom support, security, and infrastructure options.

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