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Chapong vs Railway
Railway is a usage-based platform for deploying services and databases from a project canvas. Chapong focuses on sites and Node apps with previews and rollbacks, running on servers you own at a flat price.
Where they differ
General differences in approach, as of 2026. Railway changes its products and plans over time, so check its own documentation for current details.
| Chapong | Railway | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your apps run | On a dedicated server provisioned for you, or on Chapong’s shared pool | On Railway’s managed platform |
| Where data and logs live | On the server that runs your site | On Railway’s infrastructure |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly plans; own-server plans include the server | Usage-based, per Railway’s published plans |
| Node server apps | Yes | Yes |
| Preview environments | Yes, a URL per pull request with a commit status | Yes (pull-request environments) |
| Database | One-click Da8a backend: Postgres, auth, storage and functions, Supabase-compatible | Databases such as Postgres as services in your project |
| Rollbacks | Yes, atomic switch to an earlier build | Yes |
Railway may suit you better if…
- You want to run many kinds of services and databases together on one canvas
- You prefer paying for what you use and scaling down to little
- You don’t want to think about servers
Chapong may suit you better if…
- You want a predictable flat price that includes your server
- You want your code, logs and data on a server you control
- You want auth and storage alongside Postgres, linked to your site in one click
- You mostly deploy websites and Node apps
Moving a project over
- Create a site from the same repository; check the detected framework, build command and output folder.
- Copy your environment variables into the site’s production, preview or shared scopes.
- Deploy a preview and test it before switching any traffic.
- Recreate databases as a Da8a backend and move data with standard Postgres tools such as pg_dump and psql.
- Add your domain, point DNS at the target Chapong shows, and HTTPS is issued automatically.