Our take
Pick Netlify if frontend teams who will stay on Free at $0 (300 credits / month, hard limit) while they open a first Deploy log, then buy Personal at $9 / month (1,000 credits) or Pro at $20 / month (3,000 credits, unlimited members). Pick Railway if app teams who will stay on Free $0 during the 30-day $5-credit trial (then $1/month, 1 project, 3 services) while they ship a first GitHub service, then land on Hobby
usage-metered deploy desk
Best for
Netlify Builds you inspect at $0
Railway A service you start at $0 / $1
Free plan
Netlify $0 · / month. Individual. 300 credits / month hard limit. No auto-recharge. Deploy from Git / API. Custom domains with SSL. Functions, Database, Blob, global CDN
Railway No free plan
Lowest paid
Netlify Personal $9
Railway Usage (services) $0.00000386
Next step up
Netlify Pro from $20
Railway Sandboxes $0.00001929
Coding agent
Netlify
Railway Sandboxes
Runs where
Netlify Hosted
Railway Local; you host it
Watch out
Netlify Free is a 300-credit hard cap
Railway Free becomes $1/month after the 30-day $5-credit trial
Last checked
Netlify 2026-10-23 · netlify.com/pricing
Railway 2026-10-22 · railway.com/pricing
frontend teams who will stay on Free at $0 (300 credits / month, hard limit) while they open a first Deploy log, then buy Personal at $9 / month (1,000 credits) or Pro at $20 / month (3,000 credits, unlimited members).
Read the Netlify pageapp teams who will stay on Free $0 during the 30-day $5-credit trial (then $1/month, 1 project, 3 services) while they ship a first GitHub service, then land on Hobby at $5 minimum / month when they need 50 projects and 48 vCPU — or Pro at $20 minimum when they need 100 projects and 30-day logs.
Read the Railway page