specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Railway
providerId: railway-app
created: '2026-07-02'
modified: '2026-07-02'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Deployment
- PaaS
- Cloud
- Infrastructure
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Railway spend. Railway bills a flat monthly subscription (Hobby
  $5, Pro $20/seat) plus usage-based resource consumption metered per second:
  vCPU, memory (GB), network egress (GB), and volume storage (GB). Object storage
  is billed per GB-month with free egress. The GraphQL usage, estimatedUsage, and
  metrics queries expose consumption for allocation and forecasting.
notes: >-
  Per-resource rates are subject to change; verify against the Railway pricing
  page and the @railway/pricing package during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://railway.com/pricing
- https://docs.railway.com/reference/public-api
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: Railway
serviceCategory: Compute
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Railway
  ServiceCategory: Compute
  ProviderName: Railway
  PublisherName: Railway
  InvoiceIssuerName: Railway
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: vcpu_minutes
  description: vCPU consumed by running services, billed per second (~$0.000463 per vCPU/minute).
  unit: vcpu-minutes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - project
  - service
  - environment
- name: memory_gb_minutes
  description: Memory (RAM) consumed by running services, billed per second (~$0.000231 per GB/minute).
  unit: gb-minutes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - project
  - service
  - environment
- name: network_egress_gb
  description: Outbound network egress from services, billed per GB ($0.05 per GB).
  unit: gigabytes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - project
  - service
- name: volume_storage_gb_minutes
  description: Persistent volume storage, billed per second (~$0.15 per GB/month).
  unit: gb-minutes
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - project
  - service
  - volume
- name: object_storage_gb_month
  description: Object storage, billed per GB-month with free egress.
  unit: gb-month
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
  - project
- name: subscription_seats
  description: Flat monthly plan subscription (Pro billed per seat).
  unit: seats
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - workspace
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Query usage, estimatedUsage, and metrics via the GraphQL Public API to inspect per-service vCPU, memory, egress, and disk burn.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag spend by project, service, and environment; map workspaces to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Right-size replicas and resource limits, enable app sleeping for idle services, and reduce egress with caching to cut usage-based charges.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners per project/environment and review estimatedUsage against budget mid-cycle before the invoice lands.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com