App platforms

Heroku vs Railway

Same category, different tradeoffs. Pick from the published entry price and the limits below.

Heroku

Mature app platform with a large add-on catalog

Paid dynos

Strengths

  • Add-ons cover databases, cache, and logging
  • Buildpacks still cover common stacks

Limits

  • Dynos cost more than a comparable VPS
  • There is no permanent free dyno

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Railway

Deploy a small service from a repo with little setup

Usage-based

Strengths

  • Fast path from a repo to a running service
  • Databases and apps live in one project

Limits

  • Usage billing can jump when a service stays busy
  • Less control than a VPS

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