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Should you use Railway for enterprise deployments?

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Author
Deborah Emeni
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1,256
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37
Language
English
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Summary

Railway's Enterprise plan offers features such as SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance, SSO, RBAC, audit logs, dedicated VMs, and a contractual SLA, but it lacks support for bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC), multi-cloud, managed Kubernetes, customer VPC deployments, on-premises infrastructure, and GPU workloads. Operating on its own infrastructure, Railway Metal, it is suitable for teams whose compliance needs align with its offerings and whose data residency requirements fit within its four supported regions: US West, US East, EU West, and Southeast Asia. Conversely, Northflank presents a compelling alternative for enterprises seeking BYOC, multi-cloud, and managed Kubernetes capabilities, offering extensive regional coverage, 99.99% historical uptime, and support for both CPU and GPU workloads across a variety of cloud providers, including AWS, GCP, Azure, and others. Northflank's robust infrastructure options and self-serve BYOC model make it an attractive choice for teams requiring broader deployment flexibility and control, particularly those with specific compliance, data sovereignty, or workload requirements that Railway cannot meet.

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