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If your app is running in a non-serverless mode, Railway charges you just for keeping it running, regardless of whether anyone is using it.

You can check this too.

https://docs.railway.com/reference/pricing/plans#resource-usage-pricing
https://docs.railway.com/reference/pricing/faqs#how-do-i-prevent-spending-more-than-i-want-to

Sorry, can you please explain do you mean that you are charging different amount just for keeping it running then the amount per CPU or the pricing is the same for example if I have a service with 2V CPUs, that means that I will be charged per second even if it’s not used or your charge a different price if it’s running, but not used because in the documentation you you said this is a usage based pricing and not active based

Hey, Railway is usage based and only charges for what you use, it is based on "active" usage.

In practice, this would mean that if your app uses 100MB constantly for a month, then you will only be charged for the 100MB, as opposed to your services limit it can scale up to, such as 512MB. The same goes for other resources, such as CPU, Railway doesn't charge the price of 2vCPU, but how much your application has actually consumed over the month, such as 0.1vCPU as an example.

If your application is idling at 0.1vCPU and 100MB, then you will be charged for it, as your application is actively using them.

ah i see now, thank u for the answer

You are welcome!