Railway Has a Free Trial — Deploy Backend Apps With Zero Config

Heroku Died. Railway Picked Up the Torch.

Heroku removed the free tier. Render has cold starts. Fly.io requires Docker knowledge.

Railway: The New Heroku

Railway deploys backend apps from your GitHub repo. Database included. No Docker required.

Free Trial

• $5 credit (lasts ~2 weeks for small apps)
• No credit card for trial
• Auto-deploy from GitHub
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB — one click

Deploy From GitHub

1. Connect GitHub repo
2. Railway detects framework
3. Click Deploy
4. Get a URL

That is it. No Dockerfile, no nixpacks config (unless you want one).

One-Click Databases

Railway Dashboard → New → Database → PostgreSQL

Connection string automatically injected as DATABASE_URL environment variable.

Railway vs Fly.io vs Render

Feature	Railway	Fly.io	Render
Free tier	$5 trial	3 VMs	1 service
Database	One-click	One-click	One-click
Docker required	No	Optional	No
UI	Excellent	Good	Good
Monorepo	Yes	Manual	Manual
Cron	Built-in	No	Built-in

Why Developers Choose Railway

• Best UI of any deployment platform
• Monorepo support (deploy multiple services from one repo)
• Variable management with environments
• Template marketplace (deploy full stacks in one click)

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