# Pulumi vs Railway

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Railway

| Attribute | Pulumi | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 69.4 (75% (high)) | 80.4 (60% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 2,143 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 25,758 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,440,025 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A platform for defining and managing cloud infrastructure using TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java, or HCL instead of domain-specific languages, with built-in policy enforcement, compliance tracking, and AI-powered resource discovery. It is indexed under Infrastructure as Code Tools.","source":"https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/","question":"What is Pulumi?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pulumi is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Paid editions are also offered: Team Edition, Enterprise and Business Critical, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/","question":"Is Pulumi free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pulumi 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.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/","question":"What platforms does Pulumi support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Pulumi can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/","question":"Can Pulumi be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Pulumi, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, GitHub and Slack, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/","question":"What does Pulumi integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Pulumi. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pulumi not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.pulumi.com/tutorials/eval-compliance-terraform/","question":"What security certifications does Pulumi have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Pulumi is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi","question":"Is Pulumi open source?","confidence":0.99},{"answer":"Pulumi is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/","question":"Where is Pulumi available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"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 | An infrastructure-as-code system that lets you define, deploy, and manage cloud resources across multiple providers using Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, .NET, and YAML, with declarative provisioning, policy enforcement, and integrated state management. | 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","language":"TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java, YAML","paradigm":"general_language","multicloud":true,"policy_as_code":true,"drift_detection":true,"import_existing":true,"state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"gitops_reconciliation":false,"managed_saas_offering":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":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"CloudFormation"},{"name":"Azure Resource Manager"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"container","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"vcs","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Slack","native":false,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Backstage","native":true,"category":"devops","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"npm","native":false,"category":"package_manager","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"PyPI","native":false,"category":"package_manager","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"NuGet","native":false,"category":"package_manager","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Helm","native":true,"category":"cloud-native"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager","native":true,"category":"secrets"},{"name":"Azure Key Vault","native":true,"category":"secrets"},{"name":"Vault","native":true,"category":"secrets"},{"name":"1Password","native":true,"category":"secrets"},{"name":"Cloudflare","native":true,"category":"infrastructure"},{"name":"MongoDB","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Snowflake","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"GitHub Actions","native":true,"category":"ci-cd"},{"name":"GitLab Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci-cd"},{"name":"Jenkins","native":true,"category":"ci-cd"},{"name":"CircleCI","native":true,"category":"ci-cd"},{"name":"Atlassian Bitbucket","native":true,"category":"ci-cd"},{"name":"External Secrets Operator","native":true,"category":"secrets"},{"name":"Secrets Store CSI Driver","native":true,"category":"secrets"}]` | `[{"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 | Go | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"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":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Team Edition","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Metered pricing per resource-hour and deployment-minute. Contact sales for bulk discounts on annual commitments over $20,000.","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pricing-calculator-blog/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:12:11.575Z"}` | `{"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 | quote | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":5,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 5 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.267.0","date":"2026-10-01T11:49:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.267.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.266.0","date":"2026-09-30T11:33:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.266.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.265.0","date":"2026-09-25T22:34:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.265.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.264.0","date":"2026-09-23T09:54:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.264.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.263.0","date":"2026-09-16T11:16:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.263.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.262.0","date":"2026-09-10T11:37:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.262.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.261.0","date":"2026-09-02T16:55:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.261.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.260.0","date":"2026-08-28T11:06:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.260.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.259.0","date":"2026-08-19T20:04:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.259.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.258.0","date":"2026-08-17T19:04:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.258.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.257.0","date":"2026-08-13T14:42:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.257.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.256.0","date":"2026-08-04T19:34:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.256.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.255.0","date":"2026-07-28T13:37:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.255.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.254.0","date":"2026-07-23T15:10:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.254.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.253.0","date":"2026-07-14T11:30:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.253.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.252.0","date":"2026-07-13T12:34:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.252.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.251.0","date":"2026-07-08T12:41:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.251.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.250.0","date":"2026-07-02T00:47:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.250.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.249.0","date":"2026-07-01T14:20:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.249.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.248.0","date":"2026-06-24T14:50:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.248.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7.1 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.pulumi.com/tutorials/eval-compliance-terraform/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40pulumi%2Fpulumi&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-19T10:45:34.318Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*