Comparison

Coolify 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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Coolify59

★Railway80

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Coolify	RailwayLeader
vioscaleAI score	59 / 100low · 40%	80 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$5	$5
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	7
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2, HIPAA
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcoollabsio%2Fcoolify&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	62,602	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	8	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	PHP	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Coolify59 / 100low · 40%

Railway80 / 100medium · 60%

Pricing

Free tier

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Model

Coolifyfreemium

Railwayfreemium

Price level

Coolifylow

Railwaylow

Starting price

Coolify$5

Railway$5

Transparent

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Integrations

Count

Coolify10

Railway7

Security

Certifications

Coolify–

RailwaySOC 2, HIPAA

Disclosure policy

Coolify–

Railway✓

Gdpr

Coolify–

Railway✓

Hipaa

Coolify–

Railway✓

Soc2

Coolify–

Railway✓

Vulnerabilities

CoolifyCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcoollabsio%2Fcoolify&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Railway–

Reliability

Sla pct

Coolify–

Railway99.99

Status page

Coolify–

Railway✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Coolify0

Railway–

Github stars

Coolify62,602

Railway–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Coolify100

Railway–

Release

Cadence days

Coolify8

Railway–

History

Coolify20 items

Railway–

License

Spdx

CoolifyApache-2.0

Railway–

Language

Primary

CoolifyPHP

Railway–

Market

Availability

CoolifyAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

RailwayAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Coolify7 items

Railway6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for PaaS & Hosting
Capability	Coolify	Railway
Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy	✓	✓
Deploy arbitrary container image	✓	✓
Per-PR preview environments	✓	✓
Build
Build system	Dockerfile	Dockerfile
Runtime / language breadth	Any language and framework (Docker containers)	Multi-language support via Railpack auto-detection and templates
Scale
Autoscaling	-	Horizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach	Multi-region	Multi-region
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Data
Bundled managed data services	✓	✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge	-	✓
Custom domains + automatic TLS	✓	✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management	✓	✓
Instant rollbacks	✓	✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API	✓	✓

Deploy

Git-push auto-deploy

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Deploy arbitrary container image

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Per-PR preview environments

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Build

Build system

CoolifyDockerfile

RailwayDockerfile

Runtime / language breadth

CoolifyAny language and framework (Docker containers)

RailwayMulti-language support via Railpack auto-detection and templates

Scale

Autoscaling

Coolify-

RailwayHorizontal

Deployment

Geographic reach

CoolifyMulti-region

RailwayMulti-region

Hosting

CoolifyCloud + self-hosted

RailwayCloud + self-hosted

Data

Bundled managed data services

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Delivery

Built-in global CDN / edge

Coolify-

Railway✓

Custom domains + automatic TLS

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Ops

Env vars & secrets management

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Instant rollbacks

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Extensibility

CLI + deploy API

Coolify✓

Railway✓

What each one is

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

Coolify

Deploy applications, databases, and services to your own servers using an open-source alternative to commercial managed deployment platforms.

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.

Coolify

from $5/moHybridFree tier

Free self-hosted tier. Cloud from $5/month (includes 2 servers) + $3/month per additional server; 20% discount for annual billing.

Self-hostedFree
- Full access to all features
- No limitations or restrictions
- Community support
- Automated or self-managed updates
- All upcoming features included
Cloud$5/month base (2 servers included) + $3/month per additional server; save 20% with annual billing
- Connect unlimited servers
- Unlimited deployments per server
- Free email alerts for Coolify events
- Community + limited email support
- Founder-tested updates

as of 2026-09-07verify ↗

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 2026-09-23verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Coolify	Railway
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
iOSPlatforms	✗	✓
AndroidPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Coolify✓

Railway✓

iOS

Coolify✗

Railway✓

Android

Coolify✗

Railway✓

CLI

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Self-hosted

Coolify✓

Railway✓

Integrations

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

In common (5)

GitHub
Docker
Discord
Email
Slack

Coolify

17 total - 12 not shared

GitLab
Bitbucket
Gitea
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Bitbucket Pipelines
S3
Telegram
SMTP
Pushover
Cloudflare
AWS S3

Independently observed

Railway

Leader

11 total - 6 not shared

PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
ChatGPT
Grok

Independently observed

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