Head-to-head
- Railway vs Render
- Fly.io vs Railway
- Render vs Fly.io
- Heroku vs Render
- Heroku vs Railway
- DigitalOcean Droplet vs Hetzner Cloud
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Hosting price comparisons
The same four apps priced on every platform, then head-to-head pages for the pairs people ask about most.
prices checked 29 September 2026 · USD, without VAT
All seven platforms, 4 sample setups
| Setup | Railway | Render | Fly.io | Heroku | DO App Platform | DO Droplet | Hetzner Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby API1 × 0.5 vCPU / 512 MB, 20 GB egress, 10 % load | $7 | $9.25 | $4.09 | $7 | $5 | $6 | $14.09 |
| App with Postgres1 × 1 vCPU / 1 GB, Postgres 1 GB RAM, 5 GB, 100 GB egress, 25 % load | $32.75 | $59.45 | $48.10 | $59 | $25.15 | $24 | $23.59 |
| Small SaaS2 × 2 vCPU / 4 GB, Postgres 4 GB RAM, 50 GB, 500 GB egress, 25 % load | $177.50 | $313.95 | — | $1,000* | $160.90 | — | — |
| Staging, 8 hours a day1 × 0.5 vCPU / 512 MB, Postgres 1 GB RAM, 5 GB, 10 GB egress, 8 h a day, 10 % load | $15.25 | $27.95 | $40.83 | $16 | $20.15 | $12 | $14.09 |
* Without the database or disk: no matching plan in our table.