| Netlify | Railway | Render | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Free Tier |
Yes
Credits: 300
|
Yes
Resource Credits Usd: 1
|
Yes
Bandwidth GB: 100, Build Pipeline Minutes: 500
|
| Tiers |
Free
Free
|
Free
Free
|
Hobby
Free
|
|
Personal
$9/mo
|
Hobby
$5/mo
|
Professional
$19/mo
+ $19/seat
|
|
|
Pro
$20/mo
+ $20/seat
|
Pro
$20/mo
|
Organization
$29/mo
+ $29/seat
|
|
|
Enterprise
Contact Sales
|
Enterprise
Contact Sales
|
Enterprise
Contact Sales
|
|
| Portability | |||
| Switching Cost | moderate | moderate | moderate |
| Open Standard | Proprietary | Proprietary | PostgreSQL wire protocol |
| What You Lose | Netlify Functions, deploy previews, credit-based billing model, built-in form handling, Agent Runners | Railway-specific config (railway.toml), built-in databases, deployment pipelines | Render-specific infrastructure-as-code config, managed Postgres/Key Value, auto-scaling setup, deploy hooks |