You can add custom domains to your service, you'll see an option for that in the service settings - just follow the prompt's guidance. Regarding dataloss, you don't lose any data if you miss a payment and then resubscribe after, I'm not sure at what point Railway does delete data though

So if I activate the pro plan and at the end of the month I have not been able to resubscribe, my data will be kept until I resubscribe?

Yes but only up to a certain point I believe, I'm not exactly sure how long your data is kept for, I'll go ask about that and get back to you

ok I'm listening

I asked and your data is kept for a few months so you don't have to worry about missing a single month

ok thank you

No problem, good luck!

Hello

I deployed a django project and a postgress database on railway and I would like to upgrade to the pro plan of $20 per month but first I would like to know if at the end of the month I have not been able to resubscribe will the database data be there until I resubscribe? in short even if I have not resubscribed for several months the database data will not be lost?

Thank you for your kind reply

Hey, I'm very glad to hear you want to upgrade! Yes your database data should remain for a few months- although it won't stay forever. If you ever need to stop using Railway for a few months then I'd recommend downloading a copy of the database so that you can restore the database in case you stay unsubscribed long enough for Railway to delete data.

In short, Railway does keep your data for a few months even if you miss a few payments but it doesn't stay forever so make backups if you know you'll miss several months of payment

Also for future reference, you're welcome to open new threads for different questions instead of asking many questions in one thread. Otherwise things get cluttered, this is fine though since it's the same topic but thought I'd mention this

How to download a copy of the database

ok no problem

That'd depend on the database, I only really use MongoDB and through MongoDB I'd just connect to it from MongoDB Compass and download all records from the app. I can then re-add the records from the downloads too if needed. I'm not sure about other databases though since I don't use other databases in my day-to-day.

for the pro plan i would like to pay for the whole year. is it possible to pay for 1 year only once?

It's unfortunately not possible, you have to pay on a monthly basis. The reason you can't pay a year upfront is because your pricing can change depending on resource usage. Neither you or Railway can predict your yearly resource usage accurately and so an upfront payment will never be able to work. Pro plan also does not have a credit-based alternative like hobby plan does.

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