Free Heroku Alternatives

The best free alternative to Heroku is CapRover. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Heroku and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Heroku are OpenShift, Replit, Coolify and Kubernetes.

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  1. CapRover icon

    CapRover

     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!

    49 CapRover alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    Comments about CapRover as an Alternative to Heroku
    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
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    • Most users think CapRover is a great Heroku alternative.

    • CapRover is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Heroku.

    • CapRover is the most popular free alternative to Heroku.

    • CapRover is Free and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  2. OpenShift icon

    OpenShift

     89 likes

    Red Hat OpenShift is a trusted, comprehensive, and consistent platform to develop, modernize, and deploy applications at scale, including today’s AI-enabled apps. Deliver better experiences faster with a complete set of services for bringing apps to market on your choice of infrastructure.

    65 OpenShift alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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    • Most users think OpenShift is a great Heroku alternative.

    • OpenShift is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Heroku.

    • OpenShift is the most popular Open Source alternative to Heroku.

    • OpenShift is Freemium and Open SourceHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Replit icon

    Replit

     88 likes

    Replit is a collaborative cloud development environment offering in-browser IDE features like AI assistance, real-time collaboration, Git support, hosting, deployment, syntax highlighting, plugin extensibility, ad-free UI, dark mode, and live code sharing.

    93 Replit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • This alternative is disputed. Replit is a legitimate Heroku alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Replit is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Heroku.

    • Replit is Freemium and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
    • Replit is Privacy focusedHeroku is not according to our users
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    Replit

    Replit is a collaborative cloud development environment offering in-browser IDE features like AI assistance, real-time collaboration, Git support, hosting, deployment, syntax highlighting, plugin extensibility, ad-free UI, dark m...

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  7. Kubernetes icon

    Kubernetes

     75 likes

    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

    52 Kubernetes alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Comments about Kubernetes as an Alternative to Heroku
    catdroutcode
    Negative
    1

    has nothing to do with hosting

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

    You need to host kubernetes somewhere, it is not a service provider.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. Kubernetes is a legitimate Heroku alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Kubernetes is Free and Open SourceHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  8. Google App Engine icon

    Google App Engine

     68 likes

    Google App Engine is a free* platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. App Engine offers fast development and deployment; simple administration, with no need to worry about hardware, patches or backups; and effortless scalability.

    60 Google App Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Vercel icon

    Vercel

     38 likes

    Deploy to the most powerful serverless platform in the world with just one command.

    87 Vercel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Home
     
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    Comments about Vercel as an Alternative to Heroku
    Guest
    Negative
    4

    Switched focus to frontend; Heroku-like servers are no longer supported.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. Vercel is a legitimate Heroku alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Vercel is Freemium and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
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    Netlify

     32 likes

    An all-in-one workflow that combines global deployment, continuous integration, and automatic HTTPS. And that’s just the beginning.

    67 Netlify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Home
     
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    Comments about Netlify as an Alternative to Heroku
    jeantest
    Negative
    0

    Awesome service, only for static website

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    • This alternative is disputed. Netlify is a legitimate Heroku alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Netlify is Freemium and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  12. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud icon

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

     53 likes

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

    150 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  13. Amazon Web Services icon

    Amazon Web Services

     41 likes

    This service provides over 200 scalable cloud offerings including networking, computing, storage, and IoT, accessible via global server farms. It features a pay-as-you-go model with autoscaling, extensive global infrastructure, and robust security tools, suitable for enterprises.

    164 Amazon Web Services alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Comments about Amazon Web Services as an Alternative to Heroku
    Guest
    Negative
    4

    Amazon needs your credit card, though it says free for 12 months. It say they will charge for any thing that doesn't come under free quota, which is weird as a experimentalist I can't be very cautious which button to press and to which not.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Amazon Web Services icon

    • This alternative is disputed. Amazon Web Services is a legitimate Heroku alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Amazon Web Services is Freemium and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  14. Fly.io icon

    Fly.io

     12 likes

    Edge computing is the new frontier. Fly brings the untapped potential of intelligent edge-servers to your finger-tips. It's a global load balancer, a smart reverse proxy, a library of powerful Middleware; it's a CDN that developers like you control.

    53 Fly.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    fly.io landing page
     
  15. SwiftWave icon

    SwiftWave

     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.

    49 SwiftWave alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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