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Fly.io vs Railway: which is more reliable? (2026)
Railway is more reliable than Fly.io, scoring 100.0 vs 45.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Fly.io reported 53 incidents and Railway reported 0, with effective uptime of 98.33% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Fly.io | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 45.7 | 100.0 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #10 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.33% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 53 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 19 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 34m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Fly.io and Railway differ
- Railway reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Fly.io reported 53.
- Fly.io had 19 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Railway.
- Fly.io's longest outage on record lasted 18h 40m (Sep 23, 2026); Railway's lasted 5h 31m (Mar 10, 2026).
90-day uptime
Fly.io
Railway
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Fly.io incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 2h 10m
Outbound IPv4 connectivity failures in ARN, JNB, and GRU
Affected: ARN - Stockholm, Sweden, JNB - Johannesburg, South Africa, GRU - Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
Slow image pulls delaying Machine starts in IAD
Affected: Deployments, IAD - Ashburn, Virginia (US)
- InformationalOct 29, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 48m
Elevated issues with the Machines API
Affected: Customer Applications, Machines API, Dashboard
- InformationalOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 4h 48m
- InformationalOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 6h 6m
Recent Railway incidents
No incidents reported by Railway in the last 90 days.
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