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Comparison

NGINX Proxy Manager 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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NGINX Proxy Manager46
★Railway80
Score
vioscaleAI score
NGINX Proxy Manager46 / 100low · 35%
Railway80 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
NGINX Proxy Manager✓
Railway✓
Model
NGINX Proxy Manageropen_source
Railwayfreemium
Price level
NGINX Proxy Managerfree
Railwaylow
Starting price
NGINX Proxy Manager–
Railway$5
Transparent
NGINX Proxy Manager✓
Railway✓
Integrations
Count
NGINX Proxy Manager2
Railway7
Security
Certifications
NGINX Proxy Manager–
RailwaySOC 2, HIPAA
Disclosure policy
NGINX Proxy Manager–
Railway✓
Gdpr
NGINX Proxy Manager–
Railway✓
Hipaa
NGINX Proxy Manager–
Railway✓
Soc2
NGINX Proxy Manager–
Railway✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
NGINX Proxy Manager–
Railway99.99
Status page
NGINX Proxy Manager–
Railway✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
NGINX Proxy Manager0
Railway–
Github stars
NGINX Proxy Manager34,334
Railway–
Activity
Commits last 30d
NGINX Proxy Manager61
Railway–
Release
Cadence days
NGINX Proxy Manager11
Railway–
History
NGINX Proxy Manager20 items
Railway–
License
Spdx
NGINX Proxy ManagerMIT
Railway–
Language
Primary
NGINX Proxy ManagerTypeScript
Railway–
Market
Availability
NGINX Proxy Manager–
RailwayAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
NGINX Proxy Manager5 items
Railway6 items

Features

The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.

Declared feature comparison
FeatureNGINX Proxy ManagerRailway
Autoscaling-horizontal
Build system-dockerfile
Cli and api-✓
Container deploy-✓
Custom domains tls-✓
Edge cdn-✓
Env secrets-✓
Git push deploy-✓
Hosting-both
Managed databases-✓
Preview deploys-✓
Regions-multi
Rollbacks-✓
Runtimes-Multi-language support via Railpack auto-detection and templates

What each one is

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

NGINX Proxy Manager

An open-source Docker-based application that simplifies deploying and configuring Nginx proxy servers. It automates SSL certificate provisioning via Let's Encrypt and includes user management, role-based permissions, and audit logging.

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.

NGINX Proxy Manager

Open sourceFree tier
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
NGINX Proxy Manager✓
Railway✓
iOS
NGINX Proxy Manager✗
Railway✓
Android
NGINX Proxy Manager✗
Railway✓
Linux
NGINX Proxy Manager✓
Railway✗
CLI
NGINX Proxy Manager✗
Railway✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
NGINX Proxy Manager✗
Railway✓
Self-hosted
NGINX Proxy Manager✓
Railway✓

Integrations

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

NGINX Proxy Manager

2 total
  • Let's Encrypt
  • Cloudflare
Independently observed

Railway

Leader
11 total
  • GitHub
  • Docker
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Email
  • ChatGPT
  • Grok
Independently observed
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NGINX Proxy Manager 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.