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Comparison

Platform.sh 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.

Platform.sh full profile →Railway full profile →
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Platform.sh63
★Railway80
Score
vioscaleAI score
Platform.sh63 / 100medium · 59%
Railway80 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Model
Platform.shcommercial
Railwayfreemium
Price level
Platform.shunknown
Railwaylow
Starting price
Platform.sh–
Railway$5
Transparent
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Integrations
Count
Platform.sh3
Railway7
Security
Certifications
Platform.sh–
RailwaySOC 2, HIPAA
Disclosure policy
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Gdpr
Platform.sh–
Railway✓
Hipaa
Platform.sh–
Railway✓
Iso27001
Platform.sh✓
Railway–
Pci
Platform.sh✓
Railway–
Soc2
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Platform.sh–
Railway99.99
Status page
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Platform.sh7 items
Railway6 items

Capabilities

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

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
Platform.sh-
Railway✓
Deploy arbitrary container image
Platform.sh-
Railway✓
Per-PR preview environments
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Build
Build system
Platform.sh-
RailwayDockerfile
Runtime / language breadth
Platform.shDiverse application types supported
RailwayMulti-language support via Railpack auto-detection and templates
Scale
Autoscaling
Platform.shHorizontal
RailwayHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
Platform.sh-
RailwayMulti-region
Hosting
Platform.shCloud only
RailwayCloud + self-hosted
Data
Bundled managed data services
Platform.sh-
Railway✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
Platform.sh-
Railway✓
Custom domains + automatic TLS
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
Platform.sh-
Railway✓
Instant rollbacks
Platform.sh-
Railway✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓

What each one is

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

Platform.sh

A cloud platform that enables development teams to build, test, and deploy applications with control over resource allocation per component. Provides unlimited preview environments with full data cloning, horizontal and vertical scaling capabilities, custom domain support, and team collaboration features.

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.

Platform.sh

from £0.01/moHybridFree tier15-day trial

From £7.50/project + £8.50/user/month. Pay-as-you-go for resources. 15-day free trial with credits, no card required.

  • Project resourcesPay for resources provisioned: CPU/memory per hour, storage per GB, plus £7.50/project/month
  • User license£8.50/user/mo
    • Custom project/environment permissions
    • Teams management
    • MFA enforcement
    • SSO: Google, OIDC
  • Advanced user management£7.50/user/mo
    • Advanced permissions
    • Teams management
    • MFA enforcement
    • SSO: Google, OIDC (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, PingID, Ory)
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
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
iOS
Platform.sh✗
Railway✓
Android
Platform.sh✗
Railway✓
CLI
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Platform.sh✓
Railway✓
Self-hosted
Platform.sh✗
Railway✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Platform.sh

3 total - 2 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
Independently observed

Railway

Leader
11 total - 10 not shared
  • Docker
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Email
  • ChatGPT
  • Grok
Independently observed
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Platform.sh or Railway: which one depends on you

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