Railway
Deploy a small service from a repo with little setup
Usage-based
Strengths
- Fast path from a repo to a running service
- Databases and apps live in one project
Limits
- Usage billing can jump when a service stays busy
- Less control than a VPS
Choose Railway when the app and its database should live in one project and you accept usage billing. Choose Render when you want a free web service to start, knowing it sleeps, or a fixed instance plan later.
Deploy a small service from a repo with little setup
Usage-based
Git-based deploys for web services and static sites
Free tier, then instance plans