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fortrabbit is the focused PHP hosting alternative to Railway.
About Railway
Railway is a language-agnostic deployment platform — a modern take on Heroku with support for Heroku buildpacks. It works for PHP, Python, Ruby, Node.js, Java, and more. You get service provisioning through a futuristic looking web UI. For those looking to pay a bit more to run diverse workloads on polyglot tech stacks, Railway, Render, or Fly may be worth considering.
Why fortrabbit
fortrabbit is purpose-built for PHP websites and web applications. See how this focus makes a real difference in practice:
- No config guesswork. fortrabbit ships with a curated stack tuned for PHP: web servers pre-configured, PHP extensions ready.
- Better developer experience for PHP. From local to production, the workflow is streamlined. Deploy with a
git push, get logs immediately, and manage everything from a clean dashboard — no container definitions. - Predictable pricing. Railway's usage-based billing can surprise at scale. fortrabbit has tiered pricing and capping so you always know what you're paying.
- Better docs for what you need. fortrabbit's documentation covers every platform detail and includes step-by-step install guides for popular PHP software. See the developer documentation.
- Zoom in on your software. Using Laravel, Craft CMS, Kirby CMS, Statamic or any other popular PHP software? fortrabbit has install guides and tuned defaults for each of them.
- Human support. Get help from real humans. See our support benefits.
- GDPR and data residency. fortrabbit is a German company, rooted in Berlin, running on infrastructure in AWS EU data centers.
- A decade of experience. fortrabbit has been serving PHP developers reliably since 2013. See history.
If you are building websites or applications in PHP, fortrabbit removes the friction that Railway brings back. See it yourself by deploying your first app in 5 minutes with a free test drive.