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Railway vs Render: which is more reliable? (2026)
Railway is more reliable than Render, scoring 100.0 vs 75.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Railway reported 0 incidents and Render reported 14, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.71% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Railway | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 75.5 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | — | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.71% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 14 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 1h 27m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Railway and Render differ
- Railway reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Render reported 14.
- Render had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Railway.
- Railway's longest outage on record lasted 5h 31m (Mar 10, 2026); Render's lasted 12h 14m (Apr 8, 2026).
90-day uptime
Railway
Render
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Railway incidents
No incidents reported by Railway in the last 90 days.
Recent Render incidents
- InformationalOct 24, 2026 · resolved in 30m
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
Affected: Web Services, Web Services, Static Sites
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 41m
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 1h 35m
Dashboard not updating in real time; Some Workflows SDK requests timing out
Affected: Render Dashboard, Workflows, Workflows, Workflows, Workflows, Workflows
- Partial outageOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 2h 45m
Builds, deploys, and queued deploys are not starting in all regionsofficial update ↗
Affected: Builds and Deploys, Builds and Deploys, Builds and Deploys, Builds and Deploys, Builds and Deploys
- Degraded performanceOct 3, 2026 · resolved in 46m
Degraded Dashboard Performance; Degraded builds & deploys in Oregon
Affected: Render Dashboard, Builds and Deploys
Other app hosting platforms to consider
- DigitalOcean App Platform · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- Heroku · #2 · 99.95% uptime
- Koyeb · #3 · 99.64% uptime
- Google Cloud Run · #5 · 99.59% uptime