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Developer Builds $2/Month Railway Alternative with Coolify
A developer turned a $2/month VPS with 4 CPU cores and 7.7GB RAM into a self-hosted platform similar to Railway, using Coolify. The setup provides a cost-effective alternative for deploying apps without vendor lock-in. It demonstrates how open-source tools can replace expensive cloud services for small-scale projects.
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While impressive for hobbyists, this setup lacks the scalability and managed services of Railway, making it unsuitable for production workloads.
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