PlanetScale
$60/yr
Same yearly cost as Railway
PlanetScale vs Railway
Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side
The comparison in short
- PlanetScaleno free plan
- Railwayhas a free plan
PlanetScale, Railway
Worth subscribing
To start without paying, Railway has a free plan.
Side-by-side comparison
| APPLICATION | PlanetScaleHosting | RailwayHosting |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly billing | $5/mo$5PlanetScale Postgres Single node | $5/mo$5Hobby |
| Per year | $60/yr | $60/yr |
| Billing model | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Free tier | no free tier | after a 30-day $5 trial: $1 resource credit/month, 1 project, 3 services/project, 1 vCPU and 0.5 GB RAM/service, 0.5 GB volume, 1 replica, 3-day logs, and no custom domains |
| Additional costs | Egress above the included amount is $0.06/GB; extra production branches duplicate the selected cluster cost. Development branches include 2x the month's hours and then cost about $0.014/hour; HA storage can effectively cost $1.50/GB because it is replicated across 3 nodes. SSO and support can be add-ons. | Usage above included credit is $10/GB-month RAM, $20/vCPU-month, $0.05/GB egress and $0.15/GB-month volume storage; Object Storage is $0.015/GB-month. Agent tokens pass through at provider cost and use a default spend cap of $5 on Hobby or $20 on Pro. |
| Can you rebuild it? | Worth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sitting | Worth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sitting |
| Free alternatives | ||
| Checked on | 10/20/2026 | 10/20/2026 |
| Buy on the official site | Buy View app page | Buy View app page |
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