# Koyeb vs Railway

| Attribute | Koyeb | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 80.6 (71% (medium)) | 80.4 (60% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"What is Koyeb?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Koyeb offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.10. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"Is Koyeb free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Koyeb supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"What platforms does Koyeb support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Koyeb, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"Can Koyeb be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 20 integrations for Koyeb, including Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, DigitalOcean and Vultr, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"What does Koyeb integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Koyeb. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Koyeb not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com","question":"What security certifications does Koyeb have?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://railway.com/changelog/2023-06-02-plans-and-pricing-changes","question":"What is Railway?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Railway offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $5 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://railway.com/changelog/2023-06-02-plans-and-pricing-changes","question":"Is Railway free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Railway supports the web, iOS, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://railway.com/changelog/2023-06-02-plans-and-pricing-changes","question":"What platforms does Railway support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Railway can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://railway.com/changelog/2023-06-02-plans-and-pricing-changes","question":"Can Railway be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Railway, including GitHub, Docker, Slack, Discord, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://railway.com/changelog/2023-06-02-plans-and-pricing-changes","question":"What does Railway integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Railway. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Railway not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://railway.app/security","question":"What security certifications does Railway have?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","regions":"global_edge","edge_cdn":true,"runtimes":"Multiple popular languages and frameworks via Docker and native runtime support","autoscaling":"scale_to_zero","cli_and_api":true,"build_system":"dockerfile","git_push_deploy":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","regions":"multi","edge_cdn":true,"runtimes":"Multi-language support via Railpack auto-detection and templates","rollbacks":true,"autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"dockerfile","git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` |
| integrations.count | 20 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Azure Blob Storage"},{"name":"DigitalOcean"},{"name":"Vultr"},{"name":"Wasabi"},{"name":"Scaleway"},{"name":"Minio"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"MistralAI"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic Claude"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"Dagger"},{"name":"Neo4j"},{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"n8n"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Email","native":true,"category":"notifications","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ChatGPT","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Grok","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier","features":["1GB RAM","0.25 CPU","50 active hours/month"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Serverless Postgres with included active hours","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"active_hours":"50/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Small","summary":"$20.89/month or $0.0000078/second","features":["1GB RAM","0.25 CPU"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20.89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD","per_metric":"storage and operations"}],"description":"Serverless Postgres small database","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Medium","summary":"$42.85/month or $0.000016/second","features":["2GB RAM","0.5 CPU"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":42.85,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD","per_metric":"storage and operations"}],"description":"Serverless Postgres medium database","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Large","summary":"$96.42/month or $0.000036/second","features":["4GB RAM","1 CPU"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":96.42,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD","per_metric":"storage and operations"}],"description":"Serverless Postgres large database","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional storage","components":[{"kind":"fixed","unit":"per 10GB","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"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","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:25:19.011Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$5 trial credit, then $1/month","features":["30-day free trial with $5 credits","Up to 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB RAM per service","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":5,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For getting started with small apps","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Hobby","summary":"$5/month included credits","features":["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","Preview environments","GitHub repo deployment","Docker Image deployment","Custom Dockerfile support","Service variables and secrets management","One-click rollbacks","Deploy any open-source database","Built-in database and volume backups","Free Railway domains","Build/Deploy logs","Vertical autoscaling"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For hobbyist developers building side projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"max_replicas":"5","monthly_credits":"$5","ram_per_service":"48 GB","vcpu_per_service":"48"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/month included credits","features":["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"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For professional developers and teams shipping production applications","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"max_replicas":"42","monthly_credits":"$20","ram_per_service":"1 TB","vcpu_per_service":"1000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["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","Enterprise Support with SLOs","Custom dedicated infrastructure","Cloud regions","Services with up to 48 vCPU / 48 GB RAM per replica"],"description":"For teams shipping at scale with compliance and support needs","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Sandbox Usage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU"},"kind":"metered","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier + Hobby ($5/month) + Pro ($20/month) + Enterprise (custom). Sandbox infrastructure metered at $50/GB RAM, $50/vCPU, $0.05/GB egress.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://railway.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-23T14:34:20.648Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":5,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (PaaS & Hosting)

| Capability | Koyeb | Railway |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deploy** |  |  |
| Git-push auto-deploy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deploy arbitrary container image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-PR preview environments | - | ✓ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Build system | Dockerfile | Dockerfile |
| Runtime / language breadth | Multiple popular languages and frameworks via Docker and native runtime support | Multi-language support via Railpack auto-detection and templates |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Autoscaling | Scale-to-zero | Horizontal |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Geographic reach | Global edge | Multi-region |
| Hosting | Cloud only | 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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T22:53:04.425Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*