Railway

Founded by Jake Cooper in 2020

Deploy web apps, databases, and servers to the cloud instantly

Pricing model

Free Tier

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Railway to deploy web applications, servers, databases, and background jobs to managed cloud infrastructure. Connect your Git repo and Railway automatically detects your configuration and deploys it. You get built-in networking, SSL, load balancing, and auto-scaling without manual setup. The visual canvas shows your entire stack at a glance. You can monitor logs, metrics, and set custom alerts, plus spin up preview environments for every pull request and roll back to any previous deployment in seconds.

What Railway does

Connect a Git repository and deploy automatically on every pushCreate a new database and link it to a web service in the same projectSet custom resource alerts to trigger Slack notifications when CPU spikesConfigure environment variables directly from the visual canvasAdd horizontal replicas and enable load balancing for a serviceView real-time logs across all services without switching toolsCreate a preview deployment for a pull request automaticallyRoll back a service to a previous version with one clickVisual canvas showing your entire infrastructure stack in one viewAutomatic configuration detection from your code - no manual setup neededPer-second usage-based pricing with hard spending limitsAutomatic preview environments for every pull requestOne-click rollback to any previous deployment100 Gbps internal networking with automatic protocol detection (HTTP, TCP, gRPC, WebSockets)Custom alerting via Slack, Discord, or email based on conditions you setGlobal deployment to run apps closer to users

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Free tier

PlanList price

FreeFree

Tutorials & Demos

Frequently asked

Redis, MySQL, GitHub, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Doppler, Sentry, Discord, Discord (Webhooks), Slack, Google Cloud (via Enterprise), Discord Webhooks, GitHub (Native CI/CD), PostgreSQL (Managed), Redis (Managed), MongoDB (Managed), Doppler (Secrets), Sentry (Monitoring), Discord (Alerts), Slack (Notifications), GitHub (CI/CD), GitLab, GitHub (Native), GitLab (via CLI/Webhooks), Docker Hub, PostgreSQL/MySQL/Redis/Mongo, Railway API, GitHub (Native App), Logtail, Datadog, PostgreSQL/MySQL/Redis, Google Cloud (Enterprise), Slack/Discord (Webhooks), MySQL (Managed)

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Angus Sewell McCann

AI Engineer

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