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Railway

Infrastructure that 'just works'.

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What is Railway?
Railway is a cloud hosting platform that deploys applications, databases, and background services from a Git repository.
What does it do?
Detects the build for most languages, redeploys on push, and provisions managed Postgres, MySQL, Redis, and MongoDB next to your services. Handles environment variables, private networking, custom domains, logs, and metrics.
Who is it for?
Developers and small teams running full-stack apps, APIs, and workers who want a managed platform instead of configuring servers or Kubernetes.
What are the alternatives to Railway?
Render and Fly.io are comparable app platforms; Vercel and Netlify concentrate on frontend hosting; Heroku is the older incumbent; Coolify and Dokku self-host on a server you rent.

Pricing

$5/mo usage credit

Paid

About

Founded 2020

San Francisco, USA

Founder

The people behind Railway.

Jake CooperCo-founder & CEO

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