vioscaleAI
Comparison

CapRover vs Railway

On the evidence we track, Railway leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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CapRover49
★Railway80
Score
vioscaleAI score
CapRover49 / 100medium · 53%
Railway80 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Model
CapRoveropen_source
Railwayfreemium
Price level
CapRoverfree
Railwaylow
Starting price
CapRover–
Railway$5
Transparent
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Integrations
Count
CapRover8
Railway7
Security
Certifications
CapRover–
RailwaySOC 2, HIPAA
Disclosure policy
CapRover–
Railway✓
Gdpr
CapRover–
Railway✓
Hipaa
CapRover–
Railway✓
Scorecard
CapRover4.3
Railway–
Soc2
CapRover–
Railway✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CapRover–
Railway99.99
Status page
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
CapRover0
Railway–
Github stars
CapRover15,177
Railway–
Activity
Commits last 30d
CapRover91
Railway–
Release
Cadence days
CapRover62
Railway–
History
CapRover20 items
Railway–
Language
Primary
CapRoverTypeScript
Railway–
Market
Availability
CapRover–
RailwayAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
CapRover5 items
Railway6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Deploy arbitrary container image
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Per-PR preview environments
CapRover✗
Railway✓
Build
Build system
CapRoverDockerfile
RailwayDockerfile
Runtime / language breadth
CapRoverNode.js, Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, .NET, and any containerized application
RailwayMulti-language support via Railpack auto-detection and templates
Scale
Autoscaling
CapRoverHorizontal
RailwayHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
CapRoverMulti-region
RailwayMulti-region
Hosting
CapRoverSelf-hosted only
RailwayCloud + self-hosted
Data
Bundled managed data services
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
CapRover✗
Railway✓
Custom domains + automatic TLS
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Instant rollbacks
CapRover✗
Railway✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
CapRover✓
Railway✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

CapRover

A self-hosted deployment platform that automates app builds, scaling, and management with built-in SSL support, allowing you to retain full control of your hosting infrastructure.

Independently observed

Railway

Leader

A cloud deployment service that connects to your code repository, automatically builds and deploys applications, provides integrated databases and monitoring, and handles scaling and traffic management.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

CapRover

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source

as of verify ↗

Railway

Leader
from $5/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier + Hobby ($5/month) + Pro ($20/month) + Enterprise (custom). Sandbox infrastructure metered at $50/GB RAM, $50/vCPU, $0.05/GB egress.

  • FreeFree
    • 30-day free trial with $5 credits
    • Up to 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB RAM per service
    • Community support
  • Hobby$5/month included credits
    • Up to 48 vCPU / 48 GB RAM per service
    • Up to 5 replicas at 8 vCPU / 8 GB RAM
    • Single developer workspace
    • 99.9% Availability Target
    • Global regions
    • +11 more
  • Pro$20/month included credits
    • Up to 1,000 vCPU / 1 TB RAM per service
    • Up to 42 replicas at 24 vCPU / 24 GB RAM
    • Railway Support
    • 99.99% Availability Target
    • Concurrent global regions
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • 18-Month Audit Log Retention
    • Role-Based Access Control
    • HIPAA Business Associate Agreements
    • 99.999% Availability Target
    • Isolated Linux VMs for agents, builds, and untrusted code
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
CapRover✓
Railway✓
iOS
CapRover✗
Railway✓
Android
CapRover✗
Railway✓
Linux
CapRover✓
Railway✗
CLI
CapRover✓
Railway✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CapRover✗
Railway✓
Self-hosted
CapRover✓
Railway✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (4)
  • GitHub
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • Docker

CapRover

10 total - 6 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Docker Compose
  • Docker Hub
  • Let's Encrypt
  • WordPress
  • Nginx
Independently observed

Railway

Leader
11 total - 7 not shared
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Email
  • ChatGPT
  • Grok
Independently observed
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CapRover or Railway: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.