vioscaleAI
Comparison

Koyeb vs Railway

No clear leader: Koyeb (80.6) and Railway (80.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Koyeb full profile →Railway full profile →
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Koyeb81
Railway80
Score
vioscaleAI score
Koyeb81 / 100medium · 71%
Railway80 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Model
Koyebfreemium
Railwayfreemium
Price level
Koyeblow
Railwaylow
Starting price
Koyeb–
Railway$5
Transparent
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Integrations
Count
Koyeb20
Railway7
Security
Certifications
Koyeb–
RailwaySOC 2, HIPAA
Disclosure policy
Koyeb–
Railway✓
Gdpr
Koyeb–
Railway✓
Hipaa
Koyeb–
Railway✓
Iso27001
Koyeb✓
Railway–
Soc2
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Koyeb99.99
Railway99.99
Status page
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Koyeb6 items
Railway6 items

Capabilities

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

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Deploy arbitrary container image
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Per-PR preview environments
Koyeb-
Railway✓
Build
Build system
KoyebDockerfile
RailwayDockerfile
Runtime / language breadth
KoyebMultiple popular languages and frameworks via Docker and native runtime support
RailwayMulti-language support via Railpack auto-detection and templates
Scale
Autoscaling
KoyebScale-to-zero
RailwayHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
KoyebGlobal edge
RailwayMulti-region
Hosting
KoyebCloud only
RailwayCloud + self-hosted
Data
Bundled managed data services
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Custom domains + automatic TLS
Koyeb-
Railway✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
Koyeb-
Railway✓
Instant rollbacks
Koyeb-
Railway✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
Koyeb✓
Railway✓

What each one is

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

Koyeb

A cloud platform that enables developers to deploy and scale AI applications, APIs, and managed databases without managing infrastructure. Provides serverless compute with automatic scaling, edge deployment across 50+ global locations, and support for intensive workloads.

Independently observed

Railway

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.

Koyeb

from $0.10/moHybridFree tier

From free tier (50 active hours/month) to $96.42/month for Large Postgres; usage-based add-ons for storage and operations at $0.10/GB

  • FreeFree
    • 1GB RAM
    • 0.25 CPU
    • 50 active hours/month
  • Small$20.89/month or $0.0000078/second
    • 1GB RAM
    • 0.25 CPU
  • Medium$42.85/month or $0.000016/second
    • 2GB RAM
    • 0.5 CPU
  • Large$96.42/month or $0.000036/second
    • 4GB RAM
    • 1 CPU
as of verify ↗

Railway

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
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
iOS
Koyeb✗
Railway✓
Android
Koyeb✗
Railway✓
CLI
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Koyeb✓
Railway✓
Self-hosted
Koyeb✗
Railway✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Docker
  • GitHub

Koyeb

20 total - 18 not shared
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • DigitalOcean
  • Vultr
  • Wasabi
  • Scaleway
  • Minio
  • Ollama
  • MistralAI
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Google Gemini
  • Dagger
  • Neo4j
  • LlamaIndex
  • n8n
Independently observed

Railway

11 total - 9 not shared
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Email
  • ChatGPT
  • Grok
Independently observed
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Koyeb or Railway: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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