Heroku Alternatives

Heroku is described as 'Platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud' and is a very popular Cloud Hosting service in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Heroku, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including SaaS, Self-Hosted, Amazon Web Services and Linux apps. The best Heroku alternative is CapRover, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Heroku are Replit, OpenShift, Coolify and Linode.

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Heroku alternatives page was last updated Feb 16, 2024
  1. Microsoft Azure icon
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    The Azure cloud platform is more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help you bring new solutions to life—to solve today’s challenges and create the future. Build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with the tools and...

    187 Microsoft Azure alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Microsoft Azure Features

    1.  Container Virtualization
    2.  Two-factor Authentication
    3.  Automatic Backup
    4. Microsoft Active Directory icon  Active Directory integration
    5.  Centralized Management
    6.  Multiple languages
    7.  Auto Virtual Host
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  2. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud icon
     52 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

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Features

    1.  GPU Support
    2.  Multiple languages
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  3. Vultr icon
     53 likes

    Vultr, founded in 2014, is on a mission to empower developers and businesses by simplifying the deployment of infrastructure via its advanced cloud platform. Vultr is strategically located in 16 datacenters around the globe and provides frictionless provisioning of public cloud...

    141 Vultr alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Vultr Features

    1.  VPS Hosting
    2.  VPS
    3.  Dedicated Server Hosting
    4.  Block Storage
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    • This alternative is disputed. Vultr is a legitimate Heroku alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Vultr is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Heroku.

    • Vultr is Paid and ProprietaryHeroku is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Amazon Web Services icon
     40 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.

    155 Amazon Web Services alternatives
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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Amazon Web Services Features

    1.  VPS Hosting
    2.  Cloud based
    3.  Dedicated Server Hosting
    4.  Multiple languages
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    Comments about Amazon Web Services as an Alternative to Heroku
     
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    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.

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    • 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
  5. 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
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  6. Fly.io icon
     8 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.

    47 Fly.io alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Fly.io Features

    1.  Load balancing
    2.  SSL
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  7. SST icon
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    Build modern full-stack serverless applications on AWS with Next.js, SvelteKit, Remix, Astro, Solid, and more.

    51 SST alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services

    SST Features

    1.  Serverless
    2.  AWS Integration
    3.  AWS Deploy
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  8. Radius icon
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    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
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
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    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
  9. Railway icon
     4 likes

    Railway is an infrastructure platform where you can provision infrastructure, develop with that infrastructure locally, and then deploy to the cloud.

    5 Railway alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online

    Railway Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Container Virtualization
    4.  Two-factor Authentication
    5.  Platform as a service
    6.  Automated deployment
    7.  Serverless
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    Railway VS Heroku

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  10. AWS Lambda icon
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    AWS Lambda is a compute service that runs your code in response to events and automatically manages the underlying compute resources for you.

    17 AWS Lambda alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services

    AWS Lambda Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  VPS
    3.  Notifications
    4.  SMS Messaging
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    AWS Lambda VS Heroku

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