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PullPreview vs Railway
Both stand on preview environment software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb
PullPreview links pull-request labels to disposable environments on supported customer cloud accounts. Its lifecycle controls, infrastructure ownership, and provider limit should be considered alongside the separate cloud-compute charges.
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Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4
Railway brings deployment, infrastructure, observability and environment workflows together, with multiple deployment sources and database templates. Review the conflicting free-plan details and the plan resource limits before selecting a tier.
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| PullPreview | Railway | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | No |
| Runs on | API, Self-hosted, Web | Android, API, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Commercial license: €300 per organization a year | Hobby: $5 a month |
| Plans published | 1 | 5 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | pullpreview.com | railway.com |
| On preview environment software | #14 of 38 | #10 of 38 |
PullPreview: what it does well
- Live pull-request environments
- Docker Compose and Helm support
- Automatic HTTPS and custom domains
- Preview data persists across redeployments
- No per-preview compute markup
What to know first
- Only AWS Lightsail and Hetzner are documented
- Cloud compute is billed separately
- Data disappears when previews are destroyed
- Commercial license costs €300 a year
Railway: what it does well
- Deploys from Docker images, GitHub or local repositories.
- Includes four database templates with built-in backups.
- Offers one-click rollbacks and preview deployments.
- Provides iOS and Android management apps.
- Hobby is $5 per month.
What to know first
- The pricing summary says there is no free plan, despite a listed Free plan.
- Trial includes a one-time $5 free credit.
- Build and deployment logs are retained for up to 90 days.
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