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fortrabbit vs Railway
Short answer: Pick fortrabbit if you want managed PHP hosting with built-in scaling; pick Railway if you want all-in-one cloud deployment and scaling. Both have a free plan.
Which to pick
Pick fortrabbit if you want…
- Managed PHP hosting with built-in scaling
- Integrations with Composer, MySQL or SSH (on fortrabbit's list, not Railway's)
Pick Railway if you want…
- All-in-one cloud deployment and scaling
- Server management for Laravel
- Integrations with Docker or Railway CLI (on Railway's list, not fortrabbit's)
Side by side
- What it is
- fortrabbit:fortrabbit is a managed PHP PaaS offering automated deployments, scaling and team collaboration.
- Railway:Railway is a full-stack cloud platform that lets developers deploy apps, databases and services with automatic scaling, monitoring and networking.
- Best for
- fortrabbit:Managed PHP hosting with built-in scaling
- Railway:All-in-one cloud deployment and scaling
- Who it’s for
- fortrabbit:PHP developers, agencies and freelancers building web apps with Git and Composer.
- Railway:Developers and teams who want to ship web apps and services without managing infrastructure.
- Pricing
- fortrabbit:Freemium
- Railway:Freemium
- Free plan or trial
- fortrabbit:Free trial
- Railway:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Plans
- fortrabbit:—
- Railway:Free Free · Hobby Free
- Works with
- fortrabbit:GitHub, Composer, MySQL, SSH, SFTP, MCP server, CLI, Public API
- Railway:GitHub, Docker, Railway CLI
fortrabbit features
- One-click GitHub deployments. Connect a GitHub repo, detect the framework and deploy with a git push.
- Staging environments. Create isolated environments with their own domain, branch and resources.
- Automatic SSL certificates. TLS certificates are provisioned and renewed automatically for each environment.
- SSH & SFTP access. Jailed shell access with SSH keys and SFTP for file sync and inspection.
- MCP server & Agent skills. API and CLI allow AI agents or scripts to create environments, sync files and read logs.
- MySQL & backups. Managed MySQL databases with automated backups and restore options.
- Autoscaling. Storage, traffic and MySQL scale up/down automatically based on usage.
- Team collaboration. Invite teammates, share payment methods and hand over apps to clients.
Railway features
- One-click Deploy. Connect a repo and Railway auto-configures, builds and deploys the app instantly.
- Visual Project Canvas. See and edit the entire stack, networking and resources on a visual canvas.
- Instant Networking. Private connections, public endpoints, SSL and load balancing are provisioned automatically.
- Auto Scaling & Replicas. Scale CPU, RAM or add replicas with load balancing, globally.
- Built-in Observability. Logs, metrics, traces and alerts are available in a single dashboard.
- Preview Environments. Every pull request gets an isolated preview environment with one-click rollbacks.
fortrabbit vs Railway FAQ
What is the difference between fortrabbit and Railway?+
Laravel Forge provisions and manages your own server; fortrabbit runs the infrastructure as a managed service.
Should I use fortrabbit or Railway?+
Pick fortrabbit if you want managed PHP hosting with built-in scaling or integrations with Composer, MySQL or SSH (on fortrabbit's list, not Railway's). Pick Railway if you want all-in-one cloud deployment and scaling, server management for Laravel or integrations with Docker or Railway CLI (on Railway's list, not fortrabbit's).
Is fortrabbit or Railway free?+
fortrabbit has a free plan and paid plans. Railway has a free plan and paid plans.
Do fortrabbit and Railway integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list GitHub. fortrabbit also lists Composer, MySQL, SSH, SFTP and 9 more; Railway also lists Docker and Railway CLI.
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