4 months ago
Hello,
I’m currently running a Rails application on Railway and I’d love some clarification on your pricing model.
1. Is billing primarily usage-based or subscription-based? For example, if I’m on the Hobby plan and exceed the included $5 usage, do I simply pay the difference?
2. How are overages calculated once the included credits are used up? Is it based on exact resource usage (CPU, RAM, bandwidth, storage), and are there any minimum charges or rounding rules?
3. Regarding databases: if I use an external database, how is that reflected in my Railway billing? Are there any hidden costs or bandwidth considerations?
4. For custom domains, is there any Railway-side cost, or is it purely managed via my domain provider?
5. Lastly, do you have any recommendations or best practices for using external databases with Rails apps on Railway?
Thanks in advance!
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
1) Yes, you get 5$ worth of usage, over which you pay the difference.
2) Nope, its exact usage. I have attached my receipt if it helps and doesnt violate community guidelines.
3) There's a network egress fees. I have attached another screenshot of the service I use external DB for (I have fairly low usage on this).
4) No cost for external domains afaik, I have connected 4-5 different domains, I dont see it in my billing.
5) Sorry, no idea.
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