AWS App Runner vs Railway
AWS App Runner
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Railway
railway.comSide by side
| Figure | AWS App Runner | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.01/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software | 7.9 (#13) | 8.8 (#2) |
| Spec score · PaaS tools | 7.9 (#14) | 8.8 (#3) |
| Security and compliance | AWS describes App Runner as providing built-in security and compliance capabilities. | Railway's Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, HIPAA, GDPR and EU-US and Swiss-US data privacy frameworks. |
Plans
Railway
- FreeFree
- TrialFree
- Hobby$5 a month
- Hobby$5 a month
- Pro$20 a month
- Pro$20 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
AWS App Runner
AWS App Runner has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Railway
Railway is a deployment platform for teams that want to provision infrastructure, develop locally against it, and deploy services to the cloud. Projects can start from Docker images, GitHub repositories, local repositories, container registries, or templates. Railway offers PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis database templates with built-in backups, plus persistent volumes with up to 5 TB of storage. Networking includes public and private options, TCP proxying, custom domains, and managed TLS certificates. Services can scale vertically, horizontally, and across four regions. Operational tools include logs retained for up to 90 days, configurable dashboards, distributed tracing, health checks, usage limits, and alerts. Teams can use unlimited environments, pull-request and preview deployments, GitHub branch deploys, approval gates, audit logs, and rollbacks. Railway also provides a GraphQL API, a CLI, and iOS and Android apps for deploying, monitoring, and managing services. The Trial plan includes a one-time $5 free credit; Hobby costs $5 a month and Pro costs $20 a month. Enterprise pricing is custom.