Railway vs Vercel (2026): When to Migrate Your Frontend and What Vercel Can't Replace (opens in new tab)

TL;DR I no longer recommend Railway as the default platform for serious production workloads after its recent pattern of platform-level incidents. Vercel is a strong exit path if your app is frontend-heavy, Next.js-first, or relies on lightweight serverless APIs, because it can reduce how much of your customer experience depends on Railway. Vercel cannot directly replace Railway for persistent WebSocket servers, long-running workers, heavy Docker workloads, or platform-hosted databases. Railw...