Pay with a Russian card
A Russian card, an invoice and closing documents. No foreign card, intermediaries or usage-billing workarounds.
A Railway alternative that works in Russia
Railway is convenient, but paying for it needs a foreign card and data sits abroad. Dada Cloud reproduces the same experience: connect a GitHub repo, push, and get a live HTTPS URL with a database alongside in minutes. Ruble payments, servers in Russia, no VPN.
Looking for how to pay for Railway from Russia?
Railway charges usage-billing to a foreign bank card: Russian cards and Mir are declined by the payment provider, and an intermediary's virtual card stops working exactly when the next automatic charge lands — with the project already in production. Neither route produces closing documents for a Russian legal entity. Below is what ports over one to one, and what the same deploy costs in rubles.
Pricing in rubles→Why teams move from Railway to Dada Cloud
Deploy from GitHub, like Railway
Connect a repo, push to the main branch — automatic rebuild and deploy. The framework is detected for you.
A "Deploy on Dada" README button
The direct equivalent of the Deploy on Railway button: a badge in a public repo's README. A reader clicks it and the project deploys into their own account — no terminal, no fork, no GitHub connect.
PostgreSQL and storage alongside
Like Railway: managed PostgreSQL and S3 storage are created next to the app, and the connection string is injected automatically.
Works without a VPN
Both the panel and your deployed apps open from Russia directly — neither you nor your users need a VPN.
Data in Russia (152-FZ)
Apps and databases run on servers inside Russia — what the personal-data law requires.
Predictable pricing in rubles
Ruble plans instead of dollar usage-billing — costs are known upfront and not tied to the exchange rate.
How to move from Railway to Dada Cloud
No need to rewrite code — you're moving deploy configuration, six steps.
01
Connect a repo or upload an archive
In the console: Projects → Git → Connect, the same GitHub repo you had on Railway, access via a GitHub App. No repo, or don't want to set one up — deploy straight from a zip or tar.gz without git.
02
Check the framework autodetect
Dada detects the framework from manifests in the repo (package.json, requirements.txt, Dockerfile) and fills in the build command and port for you — same as Railway. If detection is off, framework, build command and start command can be overridden on the same screen.
03
Move over your environment variables
Copy values from Railway → Variables into the app's settings → environment variables. You can set a separate value for the preview environment only — like Railway Environments, but at the variable level.
04
Create a PostgreSQL database
Like the Postgres plugin in Railway: managed PostgreSQL is created next to the app, DATABASE_URL is injected into the service automatically, no separate external provider needed.
05
Push to the main branch
A push to main triggers an automatic rebuild and deploy, same push-to-deploy as Railway. The build log is visible in the console, and errors are immediately visible.
06
Connect a domain
Right after deploy the app is reachable at a name-hash.dada-tuda.ru address over HTTPS. Your own domain is added under the Domains tab: apex via a TXT record, subdomain via CNAME, with a Let's Encrypt certificate issued automatically after verification.
What Railway had and where it moved to in Dada Cloud
Service by service — what carries over directly and what's named differently.
| Railway | Dada Cloud | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Railway Service (from GitHub) | App in Dada Cloud | Same principle: one service in the repo equals one app with auto-build on push. |
| Railway Postgres plugin | Managed PostgreSQL next to the app | DATABASE_URL is injected into the service automatically, no manual linking. |
| Railway Environment (production/staging) | Project environment + preview variable overrides | One production environment per project; individual variable values for preview are set per-variable, not as a full environment clone. |
| Dollar usage-billing | Fixed ruble plans | Pay by Russian card, invoice, or contract with closing documents. |
What doesn't move over directly
Being upfront about the differences so there are no surprises after the move.
Redis and other Railway plugins
There's no one-click managed Redis plugin like Railway's. Redis and other services run as a regular app on an App Server (VM) — set up by hand, not one click.
Railway's private networking between services
There's no ready equivalent of Railway's private network between services in one project — apps talk to each other over their public HTTPS addresses.
Replacing Railway in Russia — FAQ
Does Railway work in Russia?
The panel and deployed projects usually open, but you can't pay with a Russian card and data is stored abroad — which doesn't meet 152-FZ. Dada Cloud solves both: ruble payments and servers in Russia.
What can replace Railway for ruble payments?
Dada Cloud is a Russian platform with the same GitHub-to-production flow: pay with a Russian card, get an invoice and closing documents for legal entities, no foreign cards.
Do I have to rewrite my project when moving from Railway?
No. You connect the same GitHub repo, the platform detects the framework and builds it. A push to the main branch rebuilds and deploys automatically.
Is there a database, like the Railway Postgres plugin?
Yes. Managed PostgreSQL is created next to the app and DATABASE_URL is injected automatically — no separate external provider needed.
How is pricing different from Railway's usage-billing?
Plans are fixed in rubles rather than metered in dollars — costs are predictable and independent of the exchange rate.
Is there an equivalent of the Deploy on Railway button?
Yes, the "Deploy on Dada" button. Drop the badge into a public repo's README and any reader can deploy the project into their own account in one click — no terminal, no fork, no GitHub App install. The deploy is a snapshot of the code at click time; auto-deploy stays off.
How do you pay for Railway from Russia?
Officially you can't: Railway charges usage-billing to a foreign bank card, the payment provider declines Russian cards by their BIN, and Mir is not supported at all. Two workarounds remain. A card from a bank in Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia or Kyrgyzstan usually goes through, but the payment still leaves from a Russian IP, and a mismatch between card country and connection country is a standard trigger for an account review. Intermediaries' virtual cards add 5-15% and die unpredictably: the decline arrives at the moment of an automatic charge, with the project already in production. Neither route yields closing documents for a Russian legal entity — accounting cannot book a Railway subscription. If the result matters more than Railway specifically, a Russian alternative removes the question: a Russian card directly, plus an invoice and closing documents.
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