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MIOSA vs Railway
Railway and MIOSA both run services from a repository. This page compares what each documents, so you can decide which fits the way you work.
MIOSA 
Railway 
Every competitor statement below is from Railway’s own public documentation (docs.railway.com, as of 2026-10-23). MIOSA statements link to the page that documents them. Where MIOSA has no equivalent, the row says so.
Services
| Capability | MIOSA | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Web service from a repository | Yes, with a public address | Yes |
| Background worker | Yes, run mode worker | Yes |
| Scheduled job | Yes, run mode cron with a five-field schedule | Yes |
| Static site | Yes, built from git and served from the static lane | Yes |
| Per-pull-request preview | Yes, one per pull request, with the same cap and TTL controls | Yes, PR environments |
| Config as code | miosa.json, or miosa.app.yml shared with Docker Host | railway.json / railway.toml |
Sources: services, previews, config file, and Railway’s services and environments.
Releases and traffic
| Capability | MIOSA | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Releases with rollback | Yes, every release keeps its source and settings | Yes |
| Replicas | Yes, with spread across hosts where the network allows | Yes |
| Rolling deploys | Yes, stepped traffic shift with automatic rollback | Rolling deploys are documented per service |
| Logs | Build and runtime logs, plus log drains over HTTPS or syslog/TLS | Logs, and log drains on paid plans |
Sources: releases, replicas, logs.
Data
| Capability | MIOSA | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Postgres, MySQL, Redis | Yes, managed | Yes |
| MongoDB | Yes | Yes |
| Public connection endpoint | Yes, opt-in per database, TLS only, with an allowlist | TCP proxy |
| Volumes on a service | Yes | Yes |
| Variables with references | ${{Service.NAME}}, ${{shared.NAME}}, ${{secret(n)}} | References with ${{...}} |
Sources: databases, public endpoint, variables.
What MIOSA does not have
- Cross-host private networking between services. Same-host private networking works today; anything wider is not generally available, and this page will not claim otherwise.
- Railway’s full region list. MIOSA runs in
us-east,us-westandus-mia.
When to choose each
- Choose Railway if you want its wider region set or you are already settled there.
- Choose MIOSA if you also want full Linux computers and sandboxes on the same platform, one set of credentials, and a white-label surface for your own customers.
Moving? Read the Railway migration guide, and miosa import railway writes a reviewable plan from a Railway project without copying secret values.