BEST SUITED FOR
Hetzner Cloud:DevOps engineers, self-hosters, SaaS backends, and developers wanting maximum compute per dollar
Railway:Backend developers, containerized microservices, and indie hackers moving off Heroku
PRICING MODEL
Paid (Starts at $4/mo)
Freemium (Starts at $5/mo)
ACTIVE DISCOUNT OFFERS
0% OFF (PRICING)
0% OFF (PRICING)
STANDOUT ADVANTAGES
Unmatched price-to-performance ratio: often 4x to 8x cheaper than equivalent AWS or Google Cloud instances 20TB of included outbound traffic eliminates the fear of surprise bandwidth overage bills Fast NVMe disk I/O delivers exceptional database throughput Drastically simpler to configure and operate than AWS ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes Hobby plan includes $5 recurring monthly usage credit that runs multiple microservices Instant database provisioning with automated daily snapshots KNOWN SHORTCOMINGS
Account verification for non-EU customers includes identity verification to prevent abuse Limited managed services (requires team to manage their own Linux server configuration) Limited multi-region automated replication on standard hobby plans Complex monorepos may experience longer initial container build times