Railway Hobby vs Render Hobby workspace
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Two subscriptions at the same step of their ladders, which is the only honest way to hold a tier beside a tier: neither price buys a runtime of a stated size, and both meter the compute on top. Render Hobby workspace takes 2 of 4 rounds against Railway Hobby. It is also the cheaper of the two, at free against $5/mo.
Monthly price (lower wins)
$5/mo
free
Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)
no size to divide by
no size to divide by
Memory
no size, the compute is metered
no size, the compute is metered
vCPU
not published
not published
Transfer included (more included is better)
none · metered per GB
5 GB
Build minutes included (more included is better)
not published
500 min
Stops when idle (staying on wins)
always on
not published
Members covered (more members covered is better)
1 seat
members not charged
What the invoice adds
- A gigabyte of transfer$0.05 per GB vs $0.15 per GB
- Transfer includednone vs 5 GB
- Build minutes includednot published vs 500 min
- A year at this price$60 vs $0
Railway, then Render, at the published rates; a rate nobody publishes is not a rate of zero.
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Add a third or fourth plan, or change the weighting, in the tool.
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Railway Hobby or Render Hobby workspace?
- Render Hobby workspace, at free against $5/mo, both excluding tax and read on 1 Nov 2026. Over a year that is $0 against $60, before anything either platform meters on top.
- Which gives you more memory?
- Neither states a size: both are subscriptions with the compute metered on top, so the memory row is blank for each.
- Does either one stop when the app is idle?
- Railway Hobby: always on. Render Hobby workspace: not published.
- What does the monthly price leave out?
- Railway Hobby: transfer none included and $0.05 per GB beyond it, builds not published, disk not published, 1 seat. Render Hobby workspace: transfer 5 GB included and $0.15 per GB beyond it, builds 500 min, disk not published, members not charged.
Every price is one month in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, read 1 Nov 2026 from each provider's own page, excluding tax. Transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever a platform says so, and none of those rates is folded into the figures above. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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