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Railway

Railway

Cloud Infrastructurerailway.app

Railway simplifies cloud infrastructure deployment by providing developers with an intuitive platform to deploy, manage, and scale applications without operational overhead.

Last updated May 11, 2026

Founded
2020
HQ
San Francisco, California, United States
Connections
5

At a glance

Employees
11-50
Funding
$26M
4integrations1competitors

About

Not applicable - Railway is not an AdTech company

Railway is not an AdTech company. Railway is a modern Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider focused on simplifying cloud infrastructure deployment and management for developers. The company offers an integrated platform that combines compute resources, database provisioning, and continuous deployment workflows into a unified interface. Railway competes in the cloud infrastructure and developer tools space, not in advertising technology. It serves as an alternative to platforms like Heroku, Vercel, and traditional cloud providers, targeting developers who want to deploy applications without managing complex infrastructure. The company has no presence or offerings in the advertising technology ecosystem, programmatic advertising, ad serving, marketing automation, or any related AdTech verticals.

Business model

SaaS

Target market

Developers, Startups, SMB

What they offer

  • Railway Platform

    Cloud infrastructure platform for deploying applications with integrated databases, networking, and deployment pipelines

  • Railway CLI

    Command-line interface for managing Railway projects and deployments

  • Database Services

    Managed database services including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis

Key features

One-click deploymentsAutomatic HTTPSBuilt-in observabilityGitHub integrationEnvironment variables managementInstant rollbacks

Use cases

Web application hostingAPI deploymentDatabase hostingMicroservices architecturePrototype development

Customer segments

Individual developersStartupsSmall development teamsIndie hackers

Tech & specs

Technology stack

DockerKubernetesNixpacksBuildpacks

Security & compliance

SOC 2

Deployment

Cloud

API

Yes

Corporate history
  • 2020Founded
Connection details

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