App hosting platforms
Railway privacy rating
Cloud platform for deploying apps, databases and services from Git repositories or Docker images, with usage-based billing.
Summary
Railway scores 36 out of 100 (grade F) on the app hosting platforms criteria. It meets 2 of 7 criteria: no ads or data sales and tells users about requests. It partly meets independent audit and transparency report. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D-.
Score 36 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Closed source. The Railway CLI and the Railpack builder are open source, but the platform is not.
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The privacy policy describes third-party analytics providers, advertising measurement cookies and session replay.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid usage, and the privacy policy says personal data is not sold, shared or used for targeted advertising.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Only the SOC 3 summary is public; the SOC 2 Type II report is available on request.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The data processing addendum describes how government requests are handled, but no request counts are published.
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Yes
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
The data processing addendum promises reasonable notice to customers of compelled disclosure unless legally prohibited.
Automated tests
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Not tested yet
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Not tested yet.
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade D- (25/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.