Railway pricing 2026: $20/user/mo Pro vs Temps at ~$6/mo all-in
Railway's Pro plan is $20/user/month plus CPU, memory, and bandwidth usage — a 3-person team pays $60/mo before compute. The Hobby plan is $5/mo, designed for individual developers. Temps is ~$6/mo on Temps Cloud (Hetzner server cost + 30% margin) with analytics, error tracking, session replay, and uptime monitoring all included — no per-seat pricing, no overage surprises.
Railway Pricing Plans 2026
| Plan | Price | Included Credits | Seats | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial | $0 | $5 one-time | 1 | Evaluation only |
| Hobby | $5/mo | Included usage credits | Individual developers | Solo side projects |
| Pro | $20/user/mo | Included credits per seat | Unlimited | Teams (scales with headcount) |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Unlimited | Custom SLAs, dedicated support |
Source: Railway pricing page. Numbers current as of 2026.
Railway pricing 2026: $5/mo Hobby, $20/user/mo Pro
Railway has four plans: Trial ($0, one-time usage credit), Hobby ($5/mo, for individual developers), Pro ($20/user/mo, includes usage credits per seat), and Enterprise (custom). The Pro plan's $20/user/month charge applies regardless of usage — a 3-person team pays $60/mo base before any additional compute, storage, or bandwidth. Temps Cloud is ~$6/mo flat for any team size.
Full observability built in — Railway has none
Railway has no error tracking, no web analytics, and no session replay. To match Temps you'd add Sentry ($26+/mo), Plausible or PostHog ($9+/mo), and a session replay tool ($0–$99/mo). Temps ships all of this in one binary — Sentry-compatible DSN, privacy-first analytics, FullStory-equivalent replay, and uptime monitoring with status pages.
Self-host on any server — Railway locks you to their cloud
Railway has no self-hosted option. You pay their rates or migrate. Temps installs on any VPS, bare-metal server, or cloud VM with a single curl command. Apache 2.0 — no usage restrictions, no deployment caps, full source available.
Pingora proxy + WireGuard mesh, no resource caps
Temps uses Pingora (Cloudflare's open-source Rust proxy, handling over 1 trillion requests/day across Cloudflare's network) and embedded WireGuard for encrypted multi-node networking. Your server, your limits — no execution time caps, no memory ceilings, no bandwidth overages.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Temps | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Git push deployments | ||
| Docker support | ||
| Automatic SSL | ||
| Preview deployments | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis | ||
| Error tracking | Sentry-compatible DSN, built-in | External tool required (e.g. Sentry $26+/mo) |
| Web analytics | Built-in, privacy-first | External tool required (e.g. Plausible $9+/mo) |
| Session replay | rrweb-based via @temps-sdk/react-analytics | External tool required (e.g. FullStory $99+/mo) |
| Uptime monitoring | Built-in, 60s check interval | External tool required |
| Self-hosted option | Apache 2.0, any VPS | Cloud-only, no self-hosting |
| Multi-node clustering | WireGuard mesh via defguard_wireguard_rs | Single-tenant managed cloud |
| Per-seat pricing | ~$6/mo flat regardless of team size | $20/user/mo on Pro |
| Instant provisioning | ||
| Framework autodetection | Dockerfile or source autodetect | Nixpacks |
| AI Gateway | Routes OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini with OTel tracing | Not available |
Pricing Comparison
Railway's Hobby plan ($5/mo) is designed for individual developers and personal projects. The Pro plan's $20/user/month pricing means teams pay $60–$200/mo base before any compute usage. Temps Cloud is ~$6/mo regardless of team size — no per-seat fees, no usage-based billing.
| Scenario | Temps | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Solo developer | ~$6/mo (Temps Cloud) | $5/mo (Hobby, 1 user) |
| 3-person team | ~$6/mo (same flat rate) | $60+/mo (Pro × 3 users + usage) |
| 5-person team | ~$6/mo (same flat rate) | $100+/mo (Pro × 5 users + usage) |
| Typical full-stack app | ~$6/mo | $25–80/mo (usage dependent) |
Choose Temps if you...
- You want predictable costs — no per-seat or usage-based billing
- You need built-in error tracking, analytics, and session replay
- You want to self-host for compliance or data sovereignty
- You're running a team larger than 3 people where Railway Pro gets expensive
- You want multi-node deployments with WireGuard mesh networking
- You want no execution time or memory caps on your deployments
- You need an AI Gateway for routing OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini traffic
Choose Railway if you...
- You want zero infrastructure management — Railway handles everything
- You're a solo developer and the Hobby plan's $5/mo fits your budget
- You need Railway's specific integrations or marketplace templates
- You prefer usage-based billing where you pay only for what you use
- You need instant database provisioning without any ops setup
Migration from Railway
Railway apps need zero code changes. Dockerfile-based services deploy directly to Temps; for buildpack-detected apps, Temps autodetects the same framework (Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, Rust, Java). The only manual steps are exporting environment variables from Railway's dashboard and updating database connection strings to point at Temps-managed PostgreSQL or Redis instances.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Railway pricing, free tier limits, and Next.js support in 2026.
What is Railway pricing in 2026?
Is Railway or Temps cheaper for a 3-person team in 2026?
Does Railway have built-in analytics or error tracking?
Can I self-host Railway?
What proxy does Temps use — is it production-ready?
How does Temps handle multi-node deployments vs Railway?
What happens to Railway pricing if my app gets popular?
Does Railway have a free tier in 2026?
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