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CloudHostAI vs Railway, Render, Coolify Cloud and Fly.io

Monthly prices from each vendor's own page, checked 2026-11-05. Specs differ between products; compare your own workload with the cost calculator.

PlatformPlatform fee per monthCompute per month
RailwayHobby $5/mo minimum usage (includes $5 of usage); Pro $20/mo minimum usage
source · 		Usage-based, billed per second
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RenderHobby $0/mo + compute; Pro $25/mo + compute
source · 		Instance with 1 CPU and 2 GB RAM: $25/mo
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Coolify Cloud$5/mo base including 2 servers; $3/mo per additional server
source · 		Your own servers, paid to your server provider
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Fly.ioNo monthly platform fee
source · 		Smallest Machine (shared-cpu-1x, 256 MB RAM): $2.19/mo
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CloudHostAIFree $0 (1 project) · Indie $8/mo (1) · Team $20/mo (5) · Scale $79/mo (20)
pricing page		Cloud servers from €5.99/mo excl. VAT, billed by Hetzner
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Savings arithmetic. Render Pro $25/mo + one 1 CPU / 2 GB instance $25/mo = $50/mo. CloudHostAI Indie $8/mo leaves $50 − $8 = $42 for the server. Hetzner's entry price is €5.99/mo, so the total stays below $50 for any EUR/USD rate under 7.01 (at a rate of 2.00 the total is $19.98). Instance sizes are not identical; the calculator takes your own quotes.

Where the others win

  • Coolify Cloud: $5/mo covers two servers and each extra server is $3/mo, so a fleet of servers on one project can cost less there.
  • Fly.io: the smallest Machine at $2.19/mo is below Hetzner's entry price.
  • Railway: the Hobby minimum of $5 includes $5 of usage, so very light projects can cost the least all-in there.
  • Render: Hobby has no platform fee.

Where CloudHostAI fits

  • Servers live in your own Hetzner account: you keep access and Hetzner bills you directly, with no compute markup from us.
  • Flat platform fee (Team $20/mo for 5 projects, Scale $79/mo for 20) instead of per-second usage.
  • Deploy from an agent: REST and MCP with per-customer keys; destructive actions need confirm=true.

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