Description
Railway is a deployment platform that eliminates infrastructure complexity, enabling developers to deploy code to production in seconds. It provides instant deployments, automatic scaling, and integrated services like databases and message queues without requiring DevOps expertise. The platform focuses on developer experience with features like preview environments, infrastructure-as-code, and seamless integration with existing workflows, making modern infrastructure accessible to all developers regardless of operations background.
Key Features
- One-click deployments
- Automatic scaling
- Preview environments for PRs
- Built-in service integrations
- Infrastructure-as-code
Use Cases
- Rapid application deployment
- Full-stack application hosting
- Serverless backends
- Microservices architecture
- Developer portfolio projects
Pricing Model
Consumption-based with free tier
Integrations
GitHub, GitLab, Database services, Template starters, Custom domains
Target Audience
Full-stack developers, Startups, Individual developers, Teams without DevOps resources, Rapid prototypers
Launch Date
2020
Available On
Cloud platform, CLI tools
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