Choose Heroku if you need
- API. We haven't found it on Railway's website.
- Integration with Salesforce, New Relic or Papertrail. We haven't found them on Railway's website.
- ISO 27001. We haven't found it on Railway's website.
At a glance
- Railway has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for Heroku.
- Railway offers a free trial (30 days). We haven't confirmed one for Heroku.
- Railway's lowest paid plan is Hobby at $5 per month, plus usage, as of October 19, 2026.
- Both are available on CLI.
- Only Heroku lists API.
- Both work with GitHub.
- Both list HIPAA and SSO.
- Only Heroku lists ISO 27001.
- Only Railway lists SOC 2.
- Heroku 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
- Integration with Docker, Slack or Discord. We haven't found them on Heroku's website.
- SOC 2. We haven't found it on Heroku's website.
Heroku
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Review RailwayThe facts
- What it does
- HerokuThe cloud application platform for building, deploying, and scaling apps
- RailwayA full-stack cloud for deploying web apps, servers and databases with automatic scaling
- Free plan
- HerokuNot confirmed
- RailwayYes
- Pricing
- HerokuNot confirmed
- RailwayNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
- Heroku
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Platforms
Both
- CLI
Only Heroku
- API
Only RailwayNothing else listed
Integrations
Both
- GitHub
Only Heroku
- Salesforce
- New Relic
- Papertrail
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Heroku and Railway yet.
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