Hosted in Germany • GDPR-ready

The Railway Alternative That Does Not Shut Down

Stop worrying about usage credits or unexpected downtime. Deploy Ship on sovereign German infrastructure with predictable flat-fee pricing and 100% persistent containers.

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Why teams switch from Railway to Opsily

A side-by-side look at what you pay and what you get.

Railway
Pricing ModelCredit-based usage
Shutdown RiskApps stop when credits end
Data ResidencyUS-based (Cloud Act)
Cold StartsDepends on tier
SupportCommunity/Ticket
Opsily
Pricing ModelFlat monthly fee
Shutdown RiskAlways-on persistence
Data Residency100% German (GDPR)
Cold StartsNever (Persistent Only)
SupportDirect Engineer Access

Pricing as of March 2026. Competitor pricing subject to change.

A Production-Ready Railway Alternative

Ship is designed for developers who need a reliable railway alternative. We provide the infrastructure to back that up.

No Credit Anxiety

Railway uses a top-up credit system. If your usage spikes or your balance hits zero, your app stops. Opsily uses flat-fee billing. You pay for the server capacity, not the usage meter. Your app stays online no matter how much traffic you get.

Sovereign German Infrastructure

US-based PaaS providers fall under the CLOUD Act. This is a risk for EU companies handling sensitive data. Opsily hosts 100% of your data in Frankfurt and Falkenstein. We are a German company governed by German law. Your compliance is built-in.

Instant Performance

Cold starts kill the user experience. Many low-cost PaaS tiers put your app to sleep when idle. Our Ship hosting uses persistent containers by default. Your application is always warm and ready to respond in milliseconds.

Built for teams who need reliability

24/7
Monitoring
Daily
Backups
99.9%
Uptime
24/7
Support
Monthly Cost Breakdown
Zapier Pro$29.00
HubSpot Starter$45.00
Typeform Basic$25.00
Total SaaS Cost$99.00/mo
Opsily Server
$20.00/mo
You save $948/year
The Detail

Why Railway users are looking for an alternative\n\nRailway is excellent for hobby projects. The DX is smooth and the CLI is fast. But production applications have different requirements. Commercial users often hit three specific walls.\n\n### 1. The Shutdown Wall\nRailway's credit system is a risk factor. For a professional operation, 'out of credits' should never be a reason for downtime. If a billing error happens or a credit card expires, you need a grace period, not an instant kill switch. Opsily provides the stability of traditional VPS hosting with the convenience of a modern PaaS.\n\n### 2. The Privacy Wall\nIf you are a European startup or a medium-sized enterprise, data residency is not optional. Shipping logs, database entries, and user sessions to US-based data centers creates a legal burden. By using a German railway alternative, you satisfy GDPR requirements without writing extra documentation.\n\n### 3. The Pricing Wall\nUsage-based billing makes it impossible to forecast your annual budget. One viral post or one bot attack can 10x your monthly bill. Opsily plans are fixed. You choose your RAM and CPU. You pay the same price every month. It is simple, boring, and safe.

All plans include

Everything included. No tiers.

We do not gatekeep security or performance features for our railway alternative. Every Ship instance gets our full stack.

Automatic SSL certificates via Let's Encrypt
Daily encrypted off-site backups
Dedicated CPU and RAM resources
Private networking between containers
Custom domain support with zero config
Integrated log management
GitHub and GitLab deployment hooks

Deploy Ship in 3 Steps

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Choose Your App

Select an app to get started.

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Select Your Resource Plan

Choose a server based on your expected load. All plans include 100% German hosting and persistent storage. No hidden usage fees.

2

Connect Your Repository

Link your GitHub or GitLab account. Our builder detects your Ship configuration and prepares the container environment automatically.

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Go Live in Frankfurt

Click deploy. Your app is live on sovereign EU infrastructure. Set up your custom domain and enjoy 24/7 persistent uptime.

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Usage-based billing surprises

Switch to a flat-fee model today. Know exactly what you will pay on the 1st of every month, regardless of your traffic volume.

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Simple, Transparent Pricing

Choose the server that fits your needs. All plans include GDPR-compliant German hosting and persistent Ship containers.

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Trust & Compliance

Enterprise-grade standards for your Ship deployment.

GDPR Native

Data never leaves German soil. We are fully compliant with EU privacy regulations.

ISO 27001

Our data centers in Frankfurt and Falkenstein meet the highest security standards.

No US CLOUD Act

We are a German entity. US authorities have no backdoor access to your data.

99.9% Uptime

SLA-backed reliability for your production services and databases.

Frequently Asked Questions

Opsily focuses on predictability and sovereignty. Unlike Railway, which uses usage-based credits that can shut down your app unexpectedly, we provide fixed-price resource tiers. Your app stays online 24/7 because our containers are persistent and never go to sleep. Additionally, all our infrastructure is located in Germany, making it a legally safer choice for EU businesses compared to US-based providers.

Stop monitoring credits. Start shipping.

Join the teams moving their production workloads to sovereign German infrastructure.