🆚 Heroku vs. Railway

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Deployment platform
Deployment platform

About

Heroku is a platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud.

Railway is a deployment platform that helps developers manage applications through the full lifecycle using Git-native workflows, composable infrastructure, and built-in observability tools.

It supports building from GitHub repositories or Docker images, provisioning and managing databases, automatic vertical and horizontal autoscaling, and offers over 1,700 deployment templates in its marketplace.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌
Heroku Dynos$5+/month
Heroku Postgres$5+/month
Free version ✔️0.5 GB of storage, 0.5 GB RAM, 1 vCPU
Hobby$5+/month
Pro$20+/month
EnterpriseCustom

Categories

Deployment Platforms › Rank #18
Deployment Platforms › Rank #10
Cloud Services › Rank #31

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Railway deployment platform is 7 times more popular than Heroku.
Total websites

Market share

Deployment Platforms

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Railway is more popular than Heroku in all countries.
United States
Poland
United Kingdom
Brazil
India
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
Argentina
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Railway is more popular than Heroku in all market segments.
Business
Internet Services
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Travel
Entertainment
General News
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware

See also

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