Railway

Instant deployments, effortless scaling.

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About Railway

Railway is a modern platform for deploying apps and databases. It's simpler than Heroku and perfect for startups who want to deploy quickly without DevOps complexity.

Best For

Startups who want Heroku-like simplicity for deploying apps and databases without the complexity of AWS

Key Features

One-click deploys from GitHub

Databases (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB)

Environment management

Automatic scaling

Private networking

CLI and API

Things to Consider

Smaller ecosystem than AWS/GCP

Limited regions

Less customization than raw infrastructure

Startup Offer

$5 free credits/month

Solves These Problems

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4.0

Strong dev-tools solution. Startups who want Heroku-like simplicity for deploying apps and databases without the complexity of AWS.

Reviewed Dec 2025 by our editorial team

PricingFreemium

Est. Monthly Cost$0-100/mo

CategoryDeveloper Tools

Founded2020

Last UpdatedDec 2025

Free Tier

Includes: $5 credit/month

Note: 512MB RAM, shared CPU on free tier

Railway

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