Does Railway support TanStack Start SSR and streaming?

Yes. Create a Railway-ready TanStack Start app with the TanStack CLI, or add the Nitro setup from the Start hosting guide to an existing app.

Can I run a database alongside my TanStack app?

Absolutely. Railway lets you provision Postgres, MySQL, Redis, or MongoDB in the same project as your app. They communicate over Railway's private network at up to 100 Gbps, with no VPC setup needed.

How does Railway pricing actually work?

Railway bills resource usage by the second. After the 30-day trial, the Free plan costs $0 and includes $1 of monthly resource credit. Hobby costs $5/month and includes $5 of monthly usage; you pay the difference if usage exceeds $5.

What makes Railway different from Vercel or Render?

Railway is a full-stack cloud. You can run your TanStack app server, managed databases, background workers, cron jobs, and private networking in one project. Configurable usage alerts and hard limits help keep resource spending under control.

Does Railway have PR preview environments?

Yes. Connect the project to GitHub and enable PR Environments in project settings. Railway then creates an isolated preview for eligible pull requests and removes it after the pull request is merged or closed.

Can I migrate an existing TanStack app to Railway?

Yes. If your app already builds to a Node server or has a Dockerfile, Railway can deploy it from GitHub. For TanStack Start, make sure the Nitro Vite setup and Node start script are in place.

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Ship TanStack apps
peacefully with Railway

Railway gives TanStack teams a single place to run app services, databases, and supporting infrastructure. Deploy a TanStack Start app from GitHub or the CLI, with resource usage billed by the second.

"Services that took 1 week to configure elsewhere take 1 day to spin up in Railway." - Daniel Lobaton, CTO at G2X

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No credit card required. $5 in trial credits on signup.

2M+

Developers on Railway

Per-second

Resource billing

100 Gbps

Private network maximum

To get started

Why TanStack teams choose Railway

Railway eliminates infrastructure complexity so your team ships faster. Here's what makes it the right fit for TanStack developers.

Node service deploys

TanStack Start builds a Node server for SSR, server functions, and static assets. Railway deploys it as a standard Node service.

Live PR previews

Enable PR Environments on a GitHub-connected project to spin up isolated previews for eligible pull requests.

Logs, metrics, and alerts

Logs and metrics are built in. Pro workspaces can configure Monitors that notify Slack, Discord, or email.

Up to 100 Gbps private networking

Services in a project talk over private IPs at up to 100 Gbps. HTTP, TCP, gRPC, and WebSockets handled for you.

Retained deployment versions

Redeploy an earlier version while its image is retained. Retention ranges from 24 hours to 360 hours by plan.

Hard spending limits

Set a hard limit for workspace compute usage. Railway sends alerts as you approach it and stops workloads at the limit.

Global regions

Run your app close to your users. Pro and above can deploy to multiple regions concurrently.

Unlimited environments

Spin up as many staging, preview, or branch environments as your team needs. No per-env fees.

Create a Railway-ready app

The TanStack CLI adds the Railway deployment setup while it creates your app.

terminal

npx @tanstack/cli@latest create my-tanstack-app --deployment railway

Deploy the app

Enter your app

cd my-tanstack-app

Install the Railway CLI

npm install -g @railway/cli

Authenticate

railway login

Deploy

railway init && railway up

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Add Railway to an existing app

Follow the TanStack Start hosting guide to install Nitro, configure Vite, and add the Node start command Railway needs.

Open the Railway hosting guide

Pricing that scales with you

Railway bills resource usage by the second. After the trial, Free includes $1 of monthly resource credit. Hobby costs $5/month and includes $5 of monthly usage.

Free

30-day trial, then $1 monthly credit

Up to 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB RAM
0.5 GB volume storage
Community support
No credit card required

Hobby

month, includes $5 of usage

Up to 48 vCPU / 48 GB RAM
Up to 5 GB storage
7-day log history
Global regions

What teams say after switching

Real teams, real bills. These are quotes from founders and engineers who moved their production workloads onto Railway.

"We cut our hosting costs by 75% migrating from Heroku to Railway."

Dillon Chen

Founder at Common

"I've moved $4.5k per month from AWS and $1k per month from Heroku […] and my railway bill is like $300 per month."

John Nunemaker

Founder at BoxOutSports

"We went from a $1,600 Heroku bill to a $300 Railway bill."

Brandon Gell

Head of Consulting at Every

Move your app to RailwayPer-second billing, no credit card required

Frequently asked questions

Common questions from TanStack developers evaluating Railway.

Railway V3 is faster and cheaper

Ready to ship TanStack peacefully?

No credit card required to start. Set a hard usage limit to keep resource spending under control.

Most customers save ~40% by switching to Railway.

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