HerokuvsRailway

Platform48

Platform55

Score Comparison

Overall

Pricing

Usability

Performance

Support

Reliability

Onboarding

Security

Integrations

HerokuRailway

Signals Comparison

Pricing

Heroku

Free tier eliminated in November 2022(10/10)
Costs escalate quickly with scale(9/10)
Billing continues after account deletion(8/10)
Eco dynos sleep after 30 minutes(6/10)
Limited payment options - credit card only(4/10)

Railway

Free tier removed, only $5 trial credits(8/10)
Unpredictable usage-based billing(8/10)
Egress charges dominate bills for media apps(7/10)

Reliability

Heroku

June 10, 2025 outage - 15+ hours of downtime(10/10)
Entering sustaining engineering mode - no new features(9/10)
Multiple major outages in June 2025(9/10)
Status page ran on affected infrastructure(8/10)

Railway

Recurring downtime and outages(9/10)
Services stop responding, require redeployment(8/10)
GitHub auto-deploy suddenly stops working(5/10)

Support

Heroku

Customer support described as 'comically bad'(8/10)

Railway

Slow customer support response times(7/10)

Customization

Heroku

Limited infrastructure control - vendor lock-in(8/10)

Railway

No built-in background job support(6/10)
No BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) support(6/10)

Usability

Heroku

GitHub deployment errors and log tracking issues(6/10)

Railway

No signals

Performance

Heroku

No signals

Railway

Slow and hanging deployments(7/10)

Integrations

Heroku

No signals

Railway

PostgreSQL connection issues(6/10)

Security

Heroku

No signals

Railway

No built-in edge protection or WAF(6/10)

Pricing Comparison

Heroku

Eco Dynos

$5/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Sleeping dynos, not suitable for production, no custom domains on some plans

Dynos sleep after 30 min inactivity (10-30s wake time), hours shared across ALL apps

Basic Dynos

Popular

$7/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: No memory scaling, no autoscaling, basic monitoring only

Database separate (Mini Postgres $5/mo), add-ons extra, each dyno billed separately

Standard-1X

$25/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Still single-tenant, no dedicated resources

Standard-2X is $50/mo, databases charged separately, add-ons accumulate

Performance-M

$250/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Still limited compared to raw cloud VMs at similar prices

Performance-L is $500/mo, Shield (compliance) adds more, enterprise pricing opaque

Railway

Trial

Free

Users: 1 user

Storage: 1GB RAM limit

Limits: 1GB RAM limit, Shared vCPU, Credits expire in 30 days, No guaranteed support

Credits expire in 30 days, Must upgrade to Hobby to continue

Hobby

Popular

$5/mo

Users: 1 user

Storage: Usage-based

Limits: Community support only, No SLA, No team features, No RBAC

Usage-based charges beyond included credits, Egress at $0.05/GB, Memory and CPU charged per-second

Pro

$20/mo

Users: Per seat

Storage: Usage-based

Limits: Support response up to 72 hours, No dedicated infrastructure

$20 per additional team member, Usage charges beyond credits, Same egress pricing

Enterprise

$2000/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales engagement, Long contract terms typical

$2,000/month minimum commitment, Feature-based pricing not discount-based

Feature Comparison

Feature	Heroku	Railway
Deployment
Git Push Deployment Heroku pioneered this
GitHub auto-deploy
Container Support Docker support
Databases
Managed Postgres Mini $5/mo
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis $3/mo start
Integrations
Add-on Marketplace Extensive options
Networking
Custom domains
Private networking
CI/CD
Review Apps
Security
SSL certificates Automatic
Built-in WAF/DDoS protection Must use external service
Scaling
Autoscaling Standard+ only
Configuration
Environment variables
Pricing
Free Tier Removed Nov 2022
Platform
New Features Development Sustaining mode Feb 2026
Features
Background jobs Requires separate service
Availability
Always-On ($5) Eco dynos sleep
Infrastructure
BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) Not supported