Railway Wins
Winner
Railway
8.0
Developers who love great UX and want quick database provisioning with a modern, startup-friendly platform.
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Score Comparison
Criteria
Railway
Surge
Overall Score
8.0
6.5
Deployment Speed & DX
9.0
8.0
Performance & Edge Network
7.0
6.0
Pricing & Free Tier
7.5
8.0
Framework Support
8.5
5.0
Integrations & Ecosystem
8.0
5.0
Pricing & Features
Specification
Railway
Surge
Starting Price
Free
Free
Free Tier
Pricing Model
Usage-based
Freemium
Making Your Decision
When to Choose Railway
Developers who love great UX and want quick database provisioning with a modern, startup-friendly platform.
Railway is a joy to use with a beautiful interface and instant database provisioning. The usage-based pricing requires monitoring, but the developer experience is exceptional.
Strengths
- Beautiful, modern UI
- Instant deployments from GitHub
- Built-in databases (Postgres, MySQL, Redis)
- Excellent monorepo support
Limitations
- Usage-based pricing can surprise you
- Limited free tier credits
- Less mature than established players
When to Choose Surge
Quick prototypes and simple static sites where you want to deploy with a single CLI command without any configuration.
Surge is the fastest way to get a static site online. One command and you're deployed. It's simple by design, but that simplicity limits advanced use cases.
Strengths
- Dead simple CLI deployment
- Instant publishing with one command
- Great for quick prototypes
- No account required for basic use
Limitations
- Static files only
- Limited features compared to modern platforms
- No build process
