# Pterodactyl vs Railway

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Railway

| Attribute | Pterodactyl | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 44.1 (31% (low)) | 80.4 (60% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 5 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 9,288 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An open-source platform for managing game servers across multiple deployments, with each server running in isolated Docker containers for security and accessed through an intuitive web interface. It is indexed under Hosting Infrastructure.","source":"https://pterodactyl.io","question":"What is Pterodactyl?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pterodactyl is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://pterodactyl.io","question":"Is Pterodactyl free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Pterodactyl. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://pterodactyl.io","question":"What platforms does Pterodactyl support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Pterodactyl can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://pterodactyl.io","question":"Can Pterodactyl be self-hosted?","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 | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A free, open-source game server control panel that isolates each server in a Docker container with resource limits. Built with PHP, React, and Go, it provides a web interface for users, networks, and service providers to manage game server infrastructure securely. | 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":"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 | - | 7 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"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"}]` |
| language.primary | PHP | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://pterodactyl.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-31T13:58:33.173Z"}` | `{"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 | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":5,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 34 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.15.1","date":"2026-08-14T20:12:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.15.0","date":"2026-08-03T14:28:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.14.1","date":"2026-06-29T22:15:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.14.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.14.0","date":"2026-06-22T17:44:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.13.0","date":"2026-06-15T21:36:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.12.4","date":"2026-05-30T17:48:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.12.3","date":"2026-05-23T18:53:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.12.2","date":"2026-03-26T23:56:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.12.1","date":"2026-02-14T19:40:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.12.0","date":"2026-01-06T00:10:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.11","date":"2025-06-18T18:04:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.10","date":"2024-11-15T02:29:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.9","date":"2024-10-27T19:59:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.8","date":"2024-10-24T17:55:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.7","date":"2024-05-08T04:20:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.6","date":"2024-05-03T16:14:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.5","date":"2023-10-12T20:01:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.4","date":"2023-10-10T19:27:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.3","date":"2023-01-27T19:44:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.11.2","date":"2022-12-12T23:22:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.2"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.4 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":19,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=pterodactyl%2Fpanel&per_page=100","last_12m":10,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-19T14:35:54.080Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*