Railway vs Fly.io
Verdict up front: Fly.io starts cheaper ($1.94/mo); Fly.io covers more ground (35 regions). The right pick depends on workload — details below.
| Railway | Fly.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $5/mo | $1.94/mo |
| Billing | usage | usage |
| Regions | 4 | 35 |
| Free tier / trial | $5 monthly usage credit (trial) | Limited free allowances (varies) |
| Category | paas | paas, edge |
Railway
Deploy-from-repo PaaS with usage-based pricing
- + Git-push deploys in seconds
- + Usage-based billing
- + Great DX + templates
- + Databases as first-class plugins
- − Costs scale unpredictably vs VPS
- − Fewer regions
- − No static IP on hobby tier
Fly.io
Run apps close to users — microVMs on a global anycast network
- + True edge deployment model
- + Anycast + WireGuard private nets
- + GPU regions
- + SQLite/LiteFS story
- − Operational complexity vs typical PaaS
- − Pricing model takes a spreadsheet
- − Occasional platform incidents