An honest comparison — including when Railway is the better choice.
Hosting for the apps your AI coding agent builds. Your agent deploys full-stack apps with their databases, using the Telbase skills.
Pricing: Flat plans: Free, $5/mo, $19/mo, $79/mo
Best for: Developers building with AI coding tools who want zero infrastructure setup
Usage-based cloud platform with per-second billing
Pricing: Usage-based: CPU, memory, egress metered per-second. Hobby plan $5/mo + usage.
Best for: Teams that want fine-grained resource control and pay-per-use economics
| Feature | Telbase | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Deploy command | Ask your coding agent (Telbase skills) | railway up (after manual setup) |
| Database setup | Created with the app | Manual: create service, copy connection string |
| Pricing model | Flat: $5/$19/$79 per month | Usage-based: CPU + memory + egress metered |
| Full-stack app cost | $5/mo (Starter: 2 apps + 2 DBs) | ~$12-20/mo (varies with usage) |
| Persistent compute | GCP Cloud Run (Starter $5/mo) | Yes (all plans) |
| Multi-region | Single region | Multiple regions available |
| Private networking | Not available | Built-in service mesh |
Choose Railway if you need fine-grained resource control, multi-region deployments, or per-second billing that rewards low-traffic apps. Railway is also strong for internal developer platforms where teams need self-service infrastructure.