Railway vs Render vs Fly.io – which PaaS should I use for my Node.js app?

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Building my second startup and need to deploy our backend. Previously used Heroku (RIP) and now looking at Railway, Render, and Fly.io. Our tech stack: Node.js + Express, PostgreSQL, Redis for caching. Need something that is easy to scale, has good DX, and not too expensive. What’s the move?

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railway is literally so easy. just connect github and it works. no config needed lol.

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DevOps guy here. Deploy on all three regularly. Railway: Easiest DX, Great for prototypes, Pricing can get high. Render: Most stable, Good free tier, Slower deployments. Fly.io: Best for global latency, Complex but powerful, Great for edge computing. My recommendation: Start with Railway. Scale to Fly.io when you need global.