COMPARISON / Cloud options

Railway · Hobby vs. Netlify · Pro

Q: Where do these prices come from?

From each provider's official pages, linked on every product page and reviewed on Oct 17, 2026. Codifly is not paid for any product's position.

Instances and platforms to deploy applications. Compare the plan, not just the vendor. Pick two to four options to explore how they differ.

Snapshot: 2026-10-17 · Public sources · Not a real-time feed

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Option 1

Railway · Hobby

Railway · PaaS

Key figure · Base price$5.00USD / month

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Option 2

Netlify · Pro

Netlify · PaaS

Key figure · Base price$20.00USD / month

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Option 3

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Differences only Only metrics everyone has data forHighlighted = best value on that dimension, not an overall winner

Comparison of Railway · Hobby, Netlify · Pro
Metric	Railway · Hobby	Netlify · Pro
Base priceUSD / month · lower is betterRailway · Hobby 4× cheaper	$5.00 (Best value)Vendor ↗	4×$20.00Vendor ↗
MemoryGB · higher is better	No dataNot included	No dataNot included
Allocated CPUvCPU · higher is better	No dataNot included	No dataNot included
Included diskGB · higher is better	No dataNot included	No dataNot included

Reference plans before taxes, add-ons or discounts. VPS and PaaS carry different responsibilities. vCPUs are not measured performance; GB and GiB keep the vendor's unit on each product page.

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Metric

Base price

Monthly price of the listed plan, not total cost of ownership.

Railway · Hobby$5.00 (Best value)
Netlify · Pro$20.00

Price versus capacity

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Specs and operations

Feature	Railway · Hobby	Netlify · Pro
Original memory	Billed by usage	Not applicable: serverless functions
Original disk	Volumes billed separately	Not applicable
Operations	Managed runtime; application managed by the customer	Managed runtime; application managed by the customer
Plan type	Hobby plan, usage billed per second	Pro plan with credits

Sources, scope and fine print

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Methodology

Railway · Hobby

$5/month fee that includes $5 of usage. Memory (about $10 per GB-month), CPU (about $20 per vCPU-month), volumes and egress are billed per second; resources are not fixed, so they are not shown.

Railway · pricing

Checked on 2026-10-17 · Editorial update

Netlify · Pro

$20/month fee with 3,000 credits: each production deploy, GB-hour of compute, GB of bandwidth and 10,000 requests consume credits. Resources are not fixed, so they are not shown.

Netlify · pricing

Checked on 2026-10-17 · Editorial update

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Lightsail · 1 GB cost?

Base price: $7.00 USD / month. Official prices reviewed on Oct 17, 2026; confirm conditions and discounts in the linked source.

How much does Droplet Basic · 1 GiB cost?

Base price: $6.00 USD / month. Official prices reviewed on Oct 17, 2026; confirm conditions and discounts in the linked source.

How much does Render · Starter cost?

Base price: $7.00 USD / month. Official prices reviewed on Oct 17, 2026; confirm conditions and discounts in the linked source.

How much does Lightsail · 1 GB cost in Colombian pesos?

Precio base: $7.00 USD / mes ≈ COP 22,223 / mes · MXN 129 / mes · BRL 35.62 / mes. Reference conversion at the TRM of 3,174.67 COP per dollar (Oct 17, 2026); it excludes taxes and bank fees.

How much does Droplet Basic · 1 GiB cost in Colombian pesos?

Precio base: $6.00 USD / mes ≈ COP 19,048 / mes · MXN 111 / mes · BRL 30.53 / mes. Reference conversion at the TRM of 3,174.67 COP per dollar (Oct 17, 2026); it excludes taxes and bank fees.

How much does Render · Starter cost in Colombian pesos?

Precio base: $7.00 USD / mes ≈ COP 22,223 / mes · MXN 129 / mes · BRL 35.62 / mes. Reference conversion at the TRM of 3,174.67 COP per dollar (Oct 17, 2026); it excludes taxes and bank fees.

Which is cheapest by base price?

By Droplet Basic · 1 GiB ($6.00 USD / month) < Lightsail · 1 GB ($7.00 USD / month) < Render · Starter ($7.00 USD / month). Also compare limits and conditions: a lower price does not always mean an equivalent plan.

Where do these prices come from?

From each provider's official pages, linked on every product page and reviewed on Oct 17, 2026. Codifly is not paid for any product's position.

Metric

Railway · Hobby

Netlify · Pro

Base priceUSD / month · lower is betterRailway · Hobby 4× cheaper

$5.00Vendor ↗

4×$20.00Vendor ↗

MemoryGB · higher is better

No dataNot included

Allocated CPUvCPU · higher is better

No dataNot included

Included diskGB · higher is better

No dataNot included

Feature

Railway · Hobby

Netlify · Pro

Original memory

Billed by usage

Not applicable: serverless functions

Original disk

Volumes billed separately

Not applicable

Operations

Managed runtime; application managed by the customer

Plan type

Hobby plan, usage billed per second

Pro plan with credits

Railway · Hobby

Netlify · Pro

What changes between your options

Compare each dimension

Base price

Price versus capacity

Specs and operations

Sources, scope and fine print

Railway · Hobby

Netlify · Pro

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Frequently asked questions

Guides to help you decide

Railway · Hobby

Netlify · Pro

What changes between your options

Compare each dimension

Base price

Price versus capacity

Specs and operations

Sources, scope and fine print

Railway · Hobby

Netlify · Pro

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