Heroku 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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Heroku
A cloud-based application platform that enables developers to build, run, and scale web applications using managed infrastructure and integrated deployment tools. Supports multiple programming languages and frameworks with Git-based deployment.
Railway
LeaderA cloud infrastructure provider offering automated deployment pipelines, built-in databases, networking, monitoring, and collaboration tools. Developers connect repositories or push containers and Railway automatically handles configuration, builds, and infrastructure management across multiple global regions.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Heroku
Pricing not documented yet.
Railway
LeaderFrom $5/month. Hobby plan starts at $5 base cost. Pro team plan at $20/seat plus usage-based billing. Usage-based charges for compute, storage, and network egress ($0.10/GB).
- TrialFree
- Hobby$5/month base plus usage
- Pro$20/seat/month plus usage
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- GitHub
Heroku
- Twilio
- Salesforce
Railway
Leader- Docker
- Slack
- Discord
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.