Railway vs SiteGround

Railway is strongest for solo developers. SiteGround is strongest for WordPress sites. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Railway	SiteGround
Starting price	$5/mo	$17.99/mo
Best for	Solo developers Side projects Small teams shipping to production Full-stack apps needing databases + services in one place	WordPress sites Small business websites Agencies wanting managed WP WooCommerce stores
Stated uptime SLA	Custom SLA available on Enterprise only; no public SLA percentage for Hobby/Pro	not formally published as a credit-backed SLA on marketing pages; SiteGround informally markets high uptime (~99.9%) via status page / blog claims
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	6	6
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Docs, Community (Discord), Ticket (Pro), Business Class / dedicated support (Enterprise, paid add-on on Pro)	Ticket, Live chat, Phone (higher tiers/cloud), Docs/Knowledge base
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	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	Renewal prices are 3-6x higher than signup/intro price after the first term (e.g. StartUp $2.99 -> $17.99/mo) Storage and visit caps are enforced per plan tier; exceeding them can trigger upsell prompts Free domain / free migration offers are time-limited promotions, not permanent 12-month (or longer) prepay is required to get the lowest advertised intro rate
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18