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Cycle vs. Railway

When it comes to DevOps, Cycle brings the same ease-of-use as platforms like Railway, but with the added benefit of running on infrastructure you own, in the cloud or on-prem, with predictable fixed pricing.
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Next Stop: Your Own Private Cloud.

All the great DevOps features you expect from Railway are present in Cycle, with more capability, more freedom, and without sacrificing ease of use. Cycle offers better public & private networking options, including full DNS support and private IPv4 addresses, in addition to more infrastructure flexibility and ownership.
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Simplicity
(More opinionated)
Customizability
(More complex)

Own Your Infrastructure

Run on your hardware or chosen providers with BYOI and hybrid management. Keep data where it belongs and meet compliance without re-architecting.

Containers and VMs

Modern apps mix runtimes. Cycle runs containers alongside VMs with one control plane, plus functions for event-driven work.

Expert Support Included

Railway leans on community and limited paid channels. Cycle gives every customer direct access to engineers who support design, migration, and day-to-day operations.

Native Multi-Cloud

Stretch across on-prem, colo, and public clouds with first-class multi-cloud functionality. A managed overlay and global L3 keep services talking without custom plumbing or provider lock-in.

Stronger Governance

Environments, clusters, namespaces, and fine-grained RBAC enable clean isolation, auditability, and multi-team scale.

Platform Networking and Discovery

Automatic overlay networking, service discovery, and DNS are built in. Ship globally without bolting on a mesh.

Features

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Railway

Architecture and Deployment
Model
Hybrid SaaS & PaaS
SaaS & PaaS
Management
hybrid(Self + Fully-Managed)
cloud
Scope
On-prem / Colo / Cloud
Cloud
Pricing
Tiered(Seats & Servers)
Usage-based
Bring Your Own Infrastructure
Bare Metal
Multi‑Cloud
Edge Support
Upgrade Automation
automatic
Automatic
Core Infrastructure
Containers
VMs
Functions
BETA
Service Mesh
(Discovery)
Load Balancing
DNS
Networking
Automatic(managed overlay)
Automatic(built-in routing)
Storage
Automatic(managed volumes)
Automatic(built-in volumes)
DevOps & Automation
CI/CD
Integrations
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Stacks(JSON / YAML)
Templates
API
REST & Webhooks
REST
Monitoring
Operations & Governance
ACL / RBAC
Team roles
Multi‑Tenancy
Strong(Environments + Clusters + Namespaces)
Basic
Support Model
Included & Community
Paid & Community
Cycle on any infrastructure
Ready To Make The Switch?

Switch Tracks To A More Flexible DevOps Platform

Switch to Cycle to gain more capability, more reliability, and more freedom without sacrificing simplicity. Start today with a free 1 month proof-of-concept when you schedule a demo with an expert member from our team.

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Compare More Cycle Features

Build Your Private Cloud

Diversify and customize your infrastructure. Cycle runs on-prem, in the cloud, and everywhere in-between.

Native Networking for Modern Infrastructure

Gain more network flexibility by switching to Cycle. Support public & private dual stack applications, global encrypted private networking, and much more.

Reliable, Declarative Delivery

All the declarative delivery you're used to, with more capabilities for reliably launching and upgrading containers, VMs, and functions.

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