alwaysdata vs Railway — free-tier comparison
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At a glance
Railway: Most regions
PaaS
1 GB SSD, 256 MB RAM and a quarter CPU share, positioned for personal needs, with no time limit
Paid from €5/month excl. VAT
- Free for life, not a trial
- 1 GB SSD storage
- 256 MB RAM and a quarter CPU share
- Permanent free plan rather than a trial or one-time credit
- Classic hosting flexibility: many languages, databases, SSH and cron on one account
- 1 GB of storage and 256 MB of RAM fit only small sites and apps
Best for
- Personal sites, small PHP or Python apps and student projects
- Developers who want SSH access and a database without managing a server
PaaS
30-day trial with $5 credit, then $1 monthly usage credit on Free
Paid from $5/month
- $5 trial credit
- 30-day free trial
- $1 monthly usage credit after trial
- Provisions Postgres, MySQL and Redis in a click
- Deploy from Git, a template or a Dockerfile
- The ongoing Free plan includes only $1 of monthly resource usage
Best for
- Full-stack apps and APIs that need a database
- Background workers and cron-style jobs
The catch?
alwaysdata
- Commercial use restricted
- Some constraints remain unconfirmed
Railway
- Credit-based allowance
- Suspends at the limit
- Some constraints remain unconfirmed
Detailed comparison
| alwaysdata | Railway | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier & pricing | ||
| Free tier ↑ better | Perpetual ★ | Monthly credit ★ |
| Paid from ↓ better | €5/mo ★ | $5/mo ★ |
| Regions ↑ better | 1 region | 4 regions ★ |
| PaaS | ||
| Included RAM ↑ better | 256 MB | 512 MB ★ |
| Compute hours ↑ better | — | Credit-based |
FAQ
alwaysdata lists a €0 plan with 1 GB of SSD storage, 256 MB of RAM and a quarter CPU share, described as available for life. It is positioned for personal needs.
The free plan is positioned for personal needs. For commercial use, check alwaysdata's terms or start on the €5 paid plan.
Railway starts with a 30-day trial and $5 credit. After that, the $0 Free plan includes $1 of resource usage each month; Hobby starts at $5 per month.
Yes. Postgres, MySQL, Redis and MongoDB can be provisioned as plugins right next to your app.