Free Hosting and Usage

Hello, how do you do? Would I politely ask, I thought Railway provides free hosting and usage... I have deployed to systems on Railway following this, but now I am getting the message "The Starter plan will be discontinued on August 1, 2023. Upgrade to the Hobby plan to continue using Railway."... Would someone please explain whether I'll be charged for the projects, as my sole intention was to have the free plan. Thank you.
6 Replies
Percy
Percy13mo ago
Project ID: 270ec280-b276-4c23-ae82-1a0dfc3dfd22
denzelgitonga
denzelgitonga13mo ago
270ec280-b276-4c23-ae82-1a0dfc3dfd22
Jack
Jack13mo ago
Railway very generously has offered very cheap and affordable quality hosting but while the service grows larger, the company has other expenses of which they must charge their users for to provide the quality product. Running servers, hiring developers, and more, all cost very pricy depending on your needs but as Railway scales, so must its service to compensate. Though in my opinion, it is still very much so worth it compared to a VM with unused or unnecessary resources, being charged as pay-per-use with Railway.
denzelgitonga
denzelgitonga13mo ago
So that means the free plan I was on has expired or?
LaCrak27
LaCrak2713mo ago
yeah, there is no more free plan
denzelgitonga
denzelgitonga13mo ago
Oh my... alright, thank you.