Migration Guide
Migrate from Heroku to Railway
Move from Heroku to Railway with simple service deploys, managed Postgres/Redis options, and less platform overhead than a full cloud migration.
What you get
Risk assessment
Blockers, warnings, and unknowns ranked by severity
Effort estimate
Hours, t-shirt size, and role breakdown
Cost estimate
Labor, infrastructure, and tooling cost range
Migration steps
Ordered execution plan with durations
Open questions
What still needs to be answered before you start
Draft config or code
Starter configs when the migration path supports it
Why teams migrate from Heroku to Railway
Good fit when
- +Teams who want a Heroku-like developer workflow without jumping straight into full cloud-platform ownership.
- +Apps with simple web/worker/process layouts that can map cleanly to separate services.
Strengths
- Simple deploy model for services, jobs, and managed Postgres/Redis.
- Good fit for teams that want lower operational overhead than AWS or Kubernetes.
Tradeoffs
- Less control than AWS or Fly.io for deep networking and runtime customization.
- Still requires validation of add-on mapping, storage, and worker behavior.
Migration notes
- Map Heroku web and worker dynos to separate Railway services before cutover.
- Decide early whether to use Dockerfiles or Railway build automation for consistency.
- Validate database, Redis, cron, and environment variable behavior in staging first.
How it works
Describe your migration
Select Heroku as source and Railway as target. Add context about your setup — configs, docs, architecture notes.
Keshro runs the analysis
Keshro researches the path, finds similar past migrations, and generates a structured assessment with risks, effort, cost, and steps.
Get your plan
Review the migration plan, refine it with your team, and use it as a living document during execution.
Resources
Related migrations
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