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Heroku vs Railway: which is more reliable? (2026)
Railway is more reliable than Heroku, scoring 100.0 vs 91.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Heroku reported 6 incidents and Railway reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.95% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Heroku | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.0 | 100.0 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #2 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.95% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 43m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Heroku and Railway differ
- Railway reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Heroku reported 6.
- Heroku's longest incident on record lasted 5h 4m (Oct 28, 2026); Railway's lasted 5h 31m (Mar 10, 2026).
90-day uptime
Heroku
Railway
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Heroku incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 5h 4m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 18, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 10, 2026 · resolved in 20m
- Degraded performanceAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 2m
Recent Railway incidents
No incidents reported by Railway in the last 90 days.
Other app hosting platforms to consider
- DigitalOcean App Platform · #1 · 99.98% uptime
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- Render · #4 · 99.71% uptime
- Netlify · #5 · 99.74% uptime