Railway

Deploy anything with zero configuration

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Overview

Railway takes the complexity out of deployment for backend services, databases, and full-stack applications. Connect a GitHub repo, and Railway detects your framework, builds your application, and deploys it with a public URL - often in under a minute. No Dockerfile required (though you can use one).

What sets Railway apart is how naturally it handles multi-service architectures. Need a web server, a database, a Redis cache, and a background worker? Each is a service in the same project, connected through private networking. The visual dashboard shows your entire infrastructure topology at a glance.

Railway's pricing model charges for actual resource usage rather than pre-provisioned capacity. You pay for the CPU, memory, and network your services actually consume, which typically costs significantly less than reserved-instance pricing at early stages.

Key Features

Auto-Detection

Detects your framework and configures builds automatically

Multi-Service

Deploy web servers, databases, and workers in one project

Private Networking

Services communicate over private internal network

Database Support

One-click PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and MongoDB

Usage-Based Pricing

Pay only for resources actually consumed

GitHub Integration

Automatic deployments on every push

Why We Recommend Railway

Railway is our go-to for deploying backend services that do not fit the serverless model - persistent servers, background workers, databases. The developer experience is the best in the PaaS category.

Quick Info

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Our engineers work with Railway daily and can help you integrate it into your stack.

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