Deploy and Host matomo on Railway

What is matomo?

Matomo is an open-source web analytics platform that gives you full control over your data. Unlike third-party SaaS analytics, Matomo runs on your own infrastructure, provides privacy law compliance (like GDPR), and offers detailed insights on your website’s users, traffic sources, and behavior. Matomo is highly extensible, secure, and widely used as a privacy-focused Google Analytics alternative.

About Hosting matomo

Hosting Matomo involves deploying its core PHP application, along with a compatible database (commonly MySQL or MariaDB) and a supported web server (such as Apache or Nginx). The process includes configuring the environment, setting up storage for large analytics datasets, and ensuring proper security for sensitive visitor information. Hosting on a managed platform like Railway simplifies setup and operations by handling infrastructure, scaling, and uptime. You can focus on analytics usage and customizations, while Railway manages deployment, updates, backups, and resource provisioning.

Common Use Cases

Website traffic analytics: Track pageviews, sessions, and user journeys for web properties of any scale.
E-commerce analytics: Monitor online store conversions, sales funnels, and product performance.
Privacy-compliant analytics: Collect user data and generate insights without third-party tracking, supporting GDPR and similar regulations.

Dependencies for matomo Hosting

PHP (8.1 or higher): Required to run the Matomo application.
MySQL/MariaDB database: Stores analytics and site data.

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy matomo on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying matomo on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.