Heroku AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Server Management Tools

The best Server Management alternative to Heroku is CapRover, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Heroku and 14 are Server Management Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Server Management Tool alternatives to Heroku are Coolify, SwiftWave, Cloudways and Flightcontrol.

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  1. CapRover icon
     47 likes

    CapRover is an extremely easy to use app/database deployment & web server manager, PaaS, for your NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress (and etc...) applications!

    51 CapRover alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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    CapRover vs Heroku Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    5

    it's very similar with UI and app management. Very easy to use.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    1

    CapRover is self-hosted, Heroku is a hosting service provider.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    CapRover deployments are 10x cheaper than Heroku

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 8 comments
    • CapRover is Free and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  2. SwiftWave icon
     8 likes

    SwiftWave is a self-hosted, lightweight PaaS solution for easily deploying and managing your applications on any server. It's an open-source alternative to Heroku, Netlify, and Render.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  3. Cloudways icon
     22 likes

    Cloudways provides managed hosting platform for deploying popular PHP based applications on infrastructure hosting in just a few clicks. It is affordable, you can configure the server as per your requirement and scale up later as and when needed.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    1
    Cloudways vs Heroku Comments
    hasanraza90
    Positive
    0

    Cloudways offer managed cloud hosting

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Cloudways is Paid and ProprietaryHeroku is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Flightcontrol is a PaaS that deploys to your AWS account.

    You get 2-6x faster builds, 50-75% cheaper compute, and near perfect reliability

    Deploying to your AWS account enables us to leapfrog traditional PaaS on almost every metric.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Easypanel icon
     7 likes

    Modern server control panel using Docker for deploying Node.js, Ruby, Python, PHP, Go, and Java applications, offering quick templates, process monitoring, resource analytics, SSL management, and containerized isolation for simplified server and app control.

    28 Easypanel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Koyeb icon
     9 likes

    Koyeb is the serverless company delivering a next-generation platform to quickly deploy and run apps globally.

    41 Koyeb alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Koyeb vs Heroku Comments
    alisdair
    Positive
    0

    Koyeb is the best Heroku alternative for deploying web applications and services.

    You can deploy in multiple regions with a simple git push. The platform provides automatic continuous delivery, autoscaling, managed PostgreSQL databases, and a generous free tier.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Koyeb is Freemium and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Kubero icon
     8 likes

    Kubero is a fully self-hosted Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that brings the workflows of Heroku to your Kubernetes cluster. It enables you to deploy your applications with a few clicks on the Dashboard or by CLI.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Kubernetes
     
  8. Cycle.io icon
     5 likes

    Cycle is the leading LowOps platform built to simplify containers, standardize infrastructure, and automate DevOps. Deploy to your own infrastructure whether it's in the cloud, on-prem, or a mixture of both. The power of Kubernetes, without Kubernetes.

    46 Cycle.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Hostman icon
     Like

    Automates DevOps with CI/CD out of the box, supports deployment of static sites, back-end applications, Docker containers, and databases, provides automatic scaling, a free SSL certificate, global CDN, intuitive interface, free domain, and global hosting options.

    25 Hostman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Idealstack icon
     1 like

    An AWS-native hosting console for PHP, that builds an manages a fault-tolerant, autoscaling hosting cluster for PHP apps and websites.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  11. Diploi icon
     3 likes

    Single SaaS service for managing, developing and hosting your full applications. You can ship code from your browser or using your preferred IDE, without having to install anything or managing servers, your app is online instantly. Only pay for the time your apps are online.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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