Comparison
Muerte Cloud vs Railway
Both platforms deploy straight from Git with managed databases attached. Muerte Cloud focuses on predictable daily billing from a prepaid wallet, based on the platform limits each service actually uses.
Muerte Cloud and Railway: side by side
| Capability | Muerte Cloud | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Cost visibility | Daily charges from a prepaid wallet, per-service breakdown | Usage credits |
| Persistent disks | Volumes on services and workers, with scheduled and manual backups | Volumes per service |
| Deploy sources | GitHub with autodeploy on push, Docker/compose, zip upload | GitHub, Docker image, CLI |
| Cron jobs | Dedicated managed service type with enable/disable and run-now | Cron on services |
When to pick Muerte Cloud
- You need billing you can forecast, tied directly to the platform limits you use.
- You want managed backups for both volumes and databases out of the box.
When Railway fits better
- You rely on Railway's template ecosystem for one-off experiments.
- You need a public API or CLI to manage deploys programmatically today.
Frequently asked questions
- How is usage billed?
- Compute limits are priced hourly per vCPU unit and per GB of memory — 0.90 ₽/h per vCPU and 0.42 ₽/h per GB RAM (~$0.0115 and ~$0.0054 an hour) — charged and prorated from your prepaid wallet.
Move from Railway to Muerte Cloud
Connect the repository, move your environment variables, restore a database dump — most migrations take an evening.