Choose Coolify if you need
- Web or Linux. We haven't found them on Railway's website.
- Integration with GitLab, Bitbucket or Cloudflare Tunnels. We haven't found them on Railway's website.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- Railway offers a free trial (30 days). We haven't confirmed one for Coolify.
- Coolify's lowest paid plan is Cloud at $5 per month base price for 2 servers, plus $3 per month per additional server, as of October 28, 2026.
- Railway's lowest paid plan is Hobby at $5 per month, plus usage, as of October 19, 2026.
- Only Coolify lists Web and Linux.
- Only Railway lists CLI.
- Both work with GitHub and Discord.
- Both list SSO.
- Only Railway lists SOC 2 and HIPAA.
- Coolify has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for Railway.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Railway if you need
- CLI. We haven't found it on Coolify's website.
- Integration with Docker or Slack. We haven't found them on Coolify's website.
- SOC 2 or HIPAA. We haven't found them on Coolify's website.
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- What it does
- CoolifyOpen-source and self-hostable platform to deploy apps, databases and services to your own servers.
- RailwayA full-stack cloud for deploying web apps, servers and databases with automatic scaling
- Free plan
- CoolifyYes
- RailwayYes
- Pricing
- CoolifyNot confirmed
- RailwayNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Platforms
BothNone in common
Only Coolify
- Web
- Linux
Only Railway
- CLI
Integrations
Both
- GitHub
- Discord
Only Coolify
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Coolify and Railway yet.
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