Railway
Deploy apps, databases and services from a visual project canvas
Railway is a deployment platform where apps, databases and workers sit on a visual canvas and talk over private networking. Services deploy from a GitHub repository, a Dockerfile or a template, and Postgres, MySQL, Redis or MongoDB can be added in a few clicks. Billing follows actual resource usage, and pull requests can spin up temporary environments. A trial with credits leads to a small free plan or paid tiers.
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- Updated
- Oct 12, 2026
Features
Our take
Pros
- Visual canvas makes multi-service architectures easy to follow
- Add Postgres, MySQL, Redis or MongoDB in a few clicks
- Temporary environments spin up for pull requests
Cons
- Usage-based billing makes monthly costs harder to predict
- Free plan is small once the trial credits run out
- Fewer regions and less control than the large cloud providers
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