Google App Engine vs Railway
Google App Engine
cloud.google.com
Railway
railway.comSide by side
| Figure | Google App Engine | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 7 |
| Spec score · Platform As A Service Paas Software | 7.5 (#11) | 8.8 (#3) |
| Spec score · Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software | 7.6 (#17) | 8.8 (#2) |
| Spec score · PaaS tools | 7.5 (#22) | 8.8 (#3) |
| Environments | Applications can run in either the standard environment or the flexible environment, or use both. | Railway supports unlimited environments, pull-request environments, GitHub branch deploys, preview deploys, and one-click rollbacks. |
| Scaling | The standard environment can scale to zero, while the flexible environment requires at least one instance. | Services can scale vertically, horizontally with replicas and across four global regions. |
Plans
Google App Engine
- Standard environment free tierFree
- Flexible environmentPrice not published
- Standard environment paid usagePrice not published
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
Google App Engine
Google App Engine 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.