Railway Hobby vs Vercel Hobby.
plan vs plan · prices as of
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. Vercel Hobby 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 stated
not stated
Transfer included (more included is better)
none · metered per GB
100 GB
Build minutes included (more included is better)
not stated
not stated
Stops when idle (staying on wins)
always on
always on
Members covered (more members covered is better)
1 seat
1 seat
What the invoice adds
- A gigabyte of transfer$0.05 per GB vs not published
- Transfer includednone vs 100 GB
- Build minutes includednot stated vs not stated
- A year at this price$60 vs $0
Railway then Vercel, at the published rates; a rate nobody publishes is not a rate of zero
Go further
Add a third or fourth plan, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Railway Hobby or Vercel Hobby?
- Vercel Hobby, at free against $5/mo, both excluding tax and read on 17 Sept 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. Vercel Hobby: always on.
- What does the monthly price leave out?
- Railway Hobby: transfer none · metered per GB included and $0.05 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk not stated, 1 seat. Vercel Hobby: transfer 100 GB included and not published beyond it, builds not stated, disk not stated, 1 seat.
Every price is one month in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, read 17 Sept 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.