Liquid Web vs Railway

Liquid Web is strongest for agencies. Railway is strongest for solo developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Liquid Web	Railway
Starting price	$5/mo	$5/mo
Best for	Agencies E-commerce/WooCommerce High-traffic WordPress Businesses wanting fully-managed support	Solo developers Side projects Small teams shipping to production Full-stack apps needing databases + services in one place
Stated uptime SLA	100% (Liquid Web's published network/power/infrastructure uptime guarantee)	Custom SLA available on Enterprise only; no public SLA percentage for Hobby/Pro
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	3	6
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	24/7/365 phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs/Knowledge Base	Docs, Community (Discord), Ticket (Pro), Business Class / dedicated support (Enterprise, paid add-on on Pro)
Compliance	PCI DSS, HIPAA (available), SOC 2	SOC 2, GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Advertised prices are frequently promotional (e.g. 50% off for the first 2 months, or 10-15% off for 1-2 year prepay terms); renewal pricing is meaningfully higher than the teaser rate Bandwidth overages and additional storage are billed as add-ons beyond plan allowances Managed WordPress/Nexcess plans are billed upfront annually to get the advertised per-month rate ("2 months free" annual billing) in many cases Windows OS licensing adds a surcharge over equivalent Linux dedicated/cloud dedicated configurations	Usage above the plan's included credit is billed per-second at metered CPU/RAM/volume rates and can exceed the flat subscription fee quickly under load Network egress billed separately at $0.05/GB Pro plan is priced per-seat ($20/seat/month), so team cost scales with headcount on top of usage Business Class (priority) support is a paid add-on on the Pro plan
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18