Free Self-Hosted Heroku Alternatives

Heroku is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best free Self-Hosted alternative is CapRover. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Heroku and many of them are free and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Self-Hosted alternatives to Heroku are OpenShift, Coolify, SwiftWave and SST.

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Heroku alternatives page was last updated Jun 2, 2024
  1. CapRover icon
     46 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!

    41 CapRover alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker

    CapRover Features

    1.  Simple installation
    2.  HTTPS Support
    3.  Docker UI management
    4.  Custom fixed subdomains
    5.  Remote Deployment
    CapRover iconHeroku Icon

    CapRover VS Heroku

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    Comments about CapRover as an Alternative to Heroku
     
       
    Guest

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

    Top positive commentMar 19, 2019
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    Guest

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

    Top negative commentSep 3, 2022
    1
    Guest

    CapRover deployments are 10x cheaper than Heroku

    Positive commentJan 27, 2021
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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
     87 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.

    62 OpenShift alternatives
    OpenShift screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Top OpenShift Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Orchestration
    4.  Software Deployment
    5.  Secure containerization
    6.  Container Orchestration
    7.  Platform as a service
    8.  Autoscaling
    9.  Container monitoring
    10.  Auto Scaling
    11.  Kubernetes
    OpenShift iconHeroku Icon

    OpenShift VS Heroku

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    • Most users think OpenShift is a great Heroku alternative.

    • OpenShift is the most popular SaaS alternative to Heroku.

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

    • OpenShift is Freemium and Open SourceHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Coolify icon
     18 likes

    An open-source, hassle-free, self-hostable Heroku & Netlify alternative.

    53 Coolify alternatives
    Coolify screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Ad-free
    3. Git icon  Git Support
    4.  No Coding Required
    Coolify iconHeroku Icon

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  4. SwiftWave icon
     4 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.

    43 SwiftWave alternatives
    SwiftWave screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2.  Two-factor Authentication
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Automatic Backup
    5.  Container Virtualization
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Software Deployment
    8.  Webhook support
    SwiftWave iconHeroku Icon

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  5. SST icon
     1 like

    Build modern full-stack serverless applications on AWS with Next.js, SvelteKit, Remix, Astro, Solid, and more.

    51 SST alternatives
    SST screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services

    SST Features

    1.  Serverless
    2.  AWS Integration
    3.  AWS Deploy
    SST iconHeroku Icon

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  6. Dokku icon
     17 likes

    Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash.

    33 Dokku alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Dokku Features

    1. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    Dokku iconHeroku Icon

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  7. Radius icon
     1 like

    Radius is an open-source, cloud-native, application platform that enables developers and the operators that support them to define, deploy, and collaborate on cloud-native applications across public clouds and private infrastructure.

    34 Radius alternatives
    Radius screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    Radius iconHeroku Icon

    Radius VS Heroku

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    • Radius is the most popular Mac alternative to Heroku.

    • Radius is Free and Open SourceHeroku is Paid and Proprietary
  8. OnWorks icon
     12 likes

    OnWorks is a free hosting provider that allows to run your workstations only using your web browser. It allows to run free online CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu and Debian; free Windows online emulators and free Pear OS emulators.

    141 OnWorks alternatives
    OnWorks screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    OnWorks Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  VPS Hosting
    OnWorks iconHeroku Icon

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  9. ApiOpenStudio icon
     2 likes

    Api Open Studio allows you to quickly create and manage APIs with full business and processing logic and user management, using low-code. As a result, you can save important time and money by dedicating your resources on other tasks, while at the same time maintaining the...

    51 ApiOpenStudio alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Auto Responder
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  Real time collaboration
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  End-to-End Encryption
    8.  REST API
    9. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    10.  Open API
    ApiOpenStudio iconHeroku Icon

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  10. Meli icon
     5 likes

    Meli is an open source platform built for deploying static sites and frontend applications.

    34 Meli alternatives
    Meli screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Meli iconHeroku Icon

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