Railway Alternative: Fixed Price Hosting Without Usage Burn (Miget)
TL;DR: Railway is smooth to use, but usage-based billing punishes you the moment something spikes.
Miget gives you unlimited apps inside a single fixed resource plan - predictable pricing, zero usage anxiety.
Why Miget Is a Better Railway Alternative
Railway is extremely polished. The onboarding is great.
But billing is usage based. Credits burn silently. A random spike or background job can turn into a much bigger bill.
Miget flips this entirely.
You pick a resource plan (CPU/RAM).
Inside that plan you run unlimited apps / workers / jobs.
No per-service billing.
No credit burn surprise.
| Feature | Railway | Miget |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Usage-based credit burn | Fixed guaranteed plan |
| Apps per plan | Limited by cost | Unlimited inside your plan |
| Postgres & DB | Addon with cost scaling | Fits inside your plan |
| Team billing | Seat based | First 5 team members free, then $5/user |
| Predictability | Hard under load | Crystal clear monthly bill |
The Usage Anxiety Problem
Railway forces you to constantly wonder:
- "Will this spike cost me money tonight?"
- "Is this background task safe to run hourly?"
- "Will this experiment run blow up my credits?"
Building should not feel like financial landmines.
Miget removes this entire mental overhead.
Your plan is your maximum.
Simple.
Postgres should not be a second pricing dimension
Railway DB pricing scales separately.
On Miget - Postgres fits inside the same CPU/RAM resource plan.
Your database is not a pricing multiplier.
Team Workspaces that don't punish scale
- First 5 team members free
- Additional members → $5/user/month
Small teams and indie SaaS can collaborate without fear of growing "too big" too early.
Migrating from Railway to Miget
Railway apps are container friendly.
So moving is simple:
- build image
- push to registry
- deploy to Miget
- set envs / secrets
- done
No lock-in.
No proprietary runtime.
Final Thought
Railway has fantastic UX.
But usage billing is optimized for volatility pricing, not peace of mind.
Miget is the Railway alternative built for indie devs who value predictability:
- Unlimited apps
- Guaranteed resources
- Postgres inside the plan
- Fixed price you can trust