{"name":"Railway","slug":"railway","category":"hosting","type":"cloud","website":"https://railway.app","pricing":"freemium","pricing_tiers":["Free trial ($5 credit)","$5/mo Hobby","$20/seat/mo Pro","Custom Enterprise"],"open_source":false,"self_hosted":false,"sdk_languages":["python","javascript","typescript","go","rust","java","ruby"],"frameworks":[],"agent_features":{"serverless":false,"containers":true,"edge_compute":false,"ai_tooling":false,"mcp_hosting":false},"compliance":["soc2"],"best_for":"One-click deploy for any language/framework — best for long-running agent processes that don't fit serverless constraints","limitations":"Smaller ecosystem than Vercel/Netlify; less mature CDN and edge story; costs can surprise with always-on containers; no built-in AI tooling","verified_by":"editorial","last_verified":"2026-04-28","source_urls":{"docs":"https://docs.railway.app","pricing":"https://railway.app/pricing"},"feature_labels":{"serverless":"Serverless function execution with auto-scaling","containers":"Run persistent containers or Docker images","edge_compute":"Execute code at the edge, close to users globally","ai_tooling":"Built-in AI/LLM inference or AI-specific SDK","mcp_hosting":"First-party support for deploying MCP servers"},"comparisons":[{"slug":"cloudflare-vs-railway","title":"Cloudflare vs Railway","vs":"cloudflare"},{"slug":"fly-io-vs-railway","title":"Fly.io vs Railway","vs":"fly-io"},{"slug":"netlify-vs-railway","title":"Netlify vs Railway","vs":"netlify"},{"slug":"railway-vs-vercel","title":"Railway vs Vercel","vs":"vercel"}],"body":"# Railway\n\nRailway is a cloud platform that deploys any Dockerfile or supported language with minimal configuration. Unlike serverless platforms, Railway runs persistent containers — making it a natural fit for long-running agent processes, background workers, and WebSocket servers.\n\nFor AI agent developers, Railway solves the \"my agent needs to run for more than 30 seconds\" problem that serverless platforms struggle with. Deploy a Python agent, a FastAPI server, or a queue worker and it just runs. The tradeoff is that you're paying for always-on compute rather than per-invocation."}