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 Google App Engine.

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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!

    53 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. OpenShift icon
     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.

    66 OpenShift alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
     
  3. Replit icon
     91 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.

    109 Replit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Kubernetes icon
     76 likes

    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

    53 Kubernetes alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    2
    Kubernetes vs Heroku Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    1

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    catdroutcode
    Negative
    2

    has nothing to do with hosting

    • Kubernetes is Free and Open SourceHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Vercel icon
     38 likes

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

    97 Vercel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    1
    Vercel vs Heroku Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    4

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Vercel is Freemium and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Netlify icon
     32 likes

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

    74 Netlify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    1
    Netlify vs Heroku Comments
    jeantest
    Negative
    0

    Awesome service, only for static website

    • Netlify is Freemium and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  8. 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.

    156 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  9. Appwrite icon
     19 likes

    Secure open-source backend server for web and mobile developers. Appwrite provides developers with a set of easy-to-use and integrate REST APIs to manage their core backend needs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
     
  10. 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.

    175 Amazon Web Services alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    1
    Amazon Web Services vs Heroku Comments
    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.
    • Amazon Web Services is Freemium and ProprietaryHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  11. 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
     
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