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, Linux and Windows apps. The best Heroku alternative is CapRover, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Heroku are OpenShift, Replit, Coolify and Kubernetes.

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Heroku alternatives are mainly Cloud Hosting Services, but if you're looking for Web Hosting Services or Cloud Computing Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free + Web Hosting, Open Source, Self-Hosted + Free and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Heroku.
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  1. PythonAnywhere icon
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    PythonAnywhere is a Python development and hosting environment that displays in your web browser and runs on cloud servers. The servers are already set up with everything you need: hundreds of useful Python packages and web frameworks are supported out of the box.

    55 PythonAnywhere alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. Qovery icon
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    Qovery is the first Container as a Service (CaaS) platform that allows any developer to deploy an application in just a few seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. Aiven icon
     1 like

    One unified platform to stream, store, and serve data on any cloud.

    Aiven is a versatile platform empowering you with AI-driven workload optimization and control over your data. Deploy widely adopted technologies across multiple clouds with just a few clicks to stream, store, an.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Python
    • Homebrew
    • Linux
     
  4. Google Compute Engine is the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) component elo of Google Cloud Platform which is built on the global infrastructure that runs Google's search engine, Gmail, YouTube and other services.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  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. Amazon Lightsail is the fast and simple VPS hosting service from Amazon, the easy way to launch a virtual private server. You can have a VPS up and running with just a few clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  7. Stacktape icon
     4 likes

    Stacktape is a tool that simplifies AWS for developers, enabling quick deployment of production-grade infrastructure. It transforms complex tasks into more manageable processes. Developers can now use an interactive config editor instead of manually writing YAML files, allowing...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. SST icon
     2 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  9. Cloudify icon
     31 likes

    Cloudify is an orchestration-first, model-driven cloud management platform native to Network function virtualization (NFV), that is open source and based on the TOSCA standard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. Porter icon
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    Porter is an alternative to Heroku that runs in your own cloud (AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, etc). Get started on Porter without the overhead of DevOps and fully customize your infra later when you need to.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Based on Apache OpenWhisk, IBM Cloud Functions is a polyglot functions-as-a-service (FaaS) programming platform for developing lightweight code that scalably executes on demand.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. Scalingo icon
     10 likes

    Scalingo is a Platform as a Service offering Cloud hosting to developers. Deploy, update and scale your apps and their data in 2 minutes. No Server, No devops, just happiness!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Scalingo is completely compatible with Heroku

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    • Scalingo is Paid and ProprietaryHeroku is also Paid and Proprietary
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