Cloud//Railway

Cloud platform for deploying backend applications. Drop in your code (Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, whatever), Railway provisions a server and runs it.

Cloud platform for deploying backend applications. Drop in your code (Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, whatever), Railway provisions a server and runs it.

Simpler than AWS, more backend-focused than Vercel

Persistent processes: your server runs 24/7, not serverless. Good for: websockets, background jobs, long-running tasks

Built-in PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL — one click to provision

Use case: when you need a real server that Workers or Vercel Functions can't handle — heavy compute, persistent connections, full Node.js with filesystem access