--- title: Migrate from Heroku to Railway description: Railway is the Heroku alternative with cheaper pricing, faster builds, and better developer experience. url: https://railway.com/heroku --- # Migrate from Heroku to Railway Moving off Heroku doesn't have to be painful. Railway is built around the same git-push-to-deploy model that made Heroku great, with Docker under the hood, vertical autoscaling, and a real-time platform UI. ## Why teams switch from Heroku - **40% cheaper** — Usage-based billing, no dyno tiers to overpay for. - **50% faster build times** — Customers consistently report build and deploy times cut in half. - **Real servers under the hood** — Services run 24/7 unless you opt into App Sleeping. - **On-demand resources** — Workloads scale vertically without picking a container size. - **Best-in-class DX** — Keyboard-friendly UI, mobile dashboard, public API, MCP server. - **Help at every turn** — 25,000+ community members and a core team that answers. ## Migration steps 1. Deploy your repo from GitHub. 2. Import your variables from Heroku. 3. Let Railway detect your Procfile and configure the rest. Migration guide: https://docs.railway.com/tutorials/migrate-from-heroku ## Common Heroku-to-Railway questions - **PR / staging environments?** Yes — Railway calls them PR Environments. - **Dyno sizing?** None. Railway scales vertically to meet demand; add replicas for horizontal scale. - **Workers?** Yes — just an unexposed service. Attach a domain to make it a webserver. - **Feature parity with Heroku?** Mostly, with differences detailed in the comparison docs. - **Free trial?** Yes — see Pricing. Full comparison docs: https://docs.railway.com/reference/compare-to-heroku ## Related - Pricing: https://railway.com/pricing - Templates (Heroku-style add-ons): https://railway.com/templates - Book a migration call: https://cal.com/team/railway/migrate-from-heroku - Migration tutorial: https://docs.railway.com/tutorials/migrate-from-heroku --- Open this page in a browser: https://railway.com/heroku [https://railway.com/heroku](https://railway.com/heroku)