Hetzner vs Railway

Hetzner is strongest for budget-conscious developers. Railway is strongest for solo developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hetzner	Railway
Starting price	$0.6/mo	$5/mo
Best for	Budget-conscious developers EU-based workloads Self-hosters High-performance dedicated servers	Solo developers Side projects Small teams shipping to production Full-stack apps needing databases + services in one place
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	Custom SLA available on Enterprise only; no public SLA percentage for Hobby/Pro
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	6	6
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum	Docs, Community (Discord), Ticket (Pro), Business Class / dedicated support (Enterprise, paid add-on on Pro)
Compliance	GDPR, ISO 27001	SOC 2, GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Setup fees on dedicated servers (e.g. AX42/AX102 setup fee raised from 39 EUR to 79 EUR in 2026; AX162-R/S setup fee raised from 79 EUR to 159 EUR) Traffic overage billed per GB beyond included pool (20 TB EU, as little as 0.5-1 TB in USA/Singapore regions for some lines) CPX and CCX cloud lines saw very large price increases in the 15 June 2026 adjustment (CCX +2.1x to +2.73x, CPX +2.4x to +2.75x monthly in EU); CX and CAX rose a smaller ~1.3x-1.4x Load Balancer and Volume prices separately increased ~36-39% in an April 2026 adjustment VAT excluded from all listed prices	Usage above the plan's included credit is billed per-second at metered CPU/RAM/volume rates and can exceed the flat subscription fee quickly under load Network egress billed separately at $0.05/GB Pro plan is priced per-seat ($20/seat/month), so team cost scales with headcount on top of usage Business Class (priority) support is a paid add-on on the Pro plan
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18