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Comparison

Gigalixir vs Railway

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

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Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Open source / license
—
Open source / license
—
Services
Compute
Compute
Databases
Databases
Functions
Functions
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Object Storage
Object Storage
Workloads
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Real-Time Applications
Real-Time Applications
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled Jobs
Web Applications
Web Applications
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Preview Environments
Preview Environments
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Docker / OCI
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
Bun
Bun
Custom Runtime
Custom Runtime
Deno
Deno
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
Python Runtime
Python Runtime
Languages
C#
C#
Clojure
Clojure
Elixir
Elixir
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
Kotlin
Kotlin
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Rust
Rust
TypeScript
TypeScript
Frameworks
Astro
Astro
Django
Django
Express.js
Express.js
FastAPI
FastAPI
Fastify
Fastify
Laravel
Laravel
Next.js
Next.js
Nuxt
Nuxt
Remix
Remix
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
SvelteKit
SvelteKit

Pricing

Billing basis
Plan based Gigalixir account tiers
Plan based Railway Plans
Software charge
From $10 per 200 MB-replica / month Standard
$5 / month minimum Hobby
Starting price
From $10 per 200 MB-replica / month Standard
$5 / month minimum Hobby
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances Credit card required
Recurring free allowances No card required

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Railway Metal
Supported providers
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Railway Metal
Placement control
  • Customer-Selected
  • Regional
  • Regional

Resource & Execution Limits

Resource ceiling
500 MB Deployed application artifact
Unknown
Request / execution timeout
Unknown
15 minutes While transferring data
Build time
30 minutes Per build
Unknown
Repository size
1 GB Git deployment repository
Unknown

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Application isolation and role-based access controls Gigalixir-managed application infrastructure
Workspace and project roles, access groups, and scoped tokens Railway workspaces and projects
Deployment Credentials
Regenerable API keys and SSH-key authentication Platform API and remote application access
Unknown
Single Sign-On
Unknown
SAML Enterprise
Encryption & secrets
Encryption at Rest
Encrypted application configuration and Standard PostgreSQL data and backups Database encryption applies to Standard databases
Unknown
Encryption in Transit
Automatic TLS certificates for application endpoints; internal service/component traffic uses TLS Erlang distribution is not encrypted by default; PostgreSQL TLS enforcement may require configuration
Unknown
Secrets Management
Unknown
Sealed write-only variables Railway projects
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Unknown
Environment-isolated WireGuard network Railway project environments
Assurances & programs
HIPAA
Unknown
Eligible use BAA add-on and paid spend threshold required; customer safeguards apply
SOC Reports
Unknown
SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 Railway managed platform