Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that enables teams to build, deploy, and scale applications without managing infrastructure.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Heroku is particularly well-suited for teams focused on rapid development and deployment, especially for prototypes and smaller projects.
Who should look elsewhere
No more free tier
Pros
- +Easiest platform for deploying apps
- +Git-based deployment workflow
- +Large add-on marketplace
- +Great for prototypes and small projects
- +Managed Postgres included
Cons
- −No more free tier
- −Expensive at scale compared to alternatives
- −Cloud & Infrastructure
- −Hosting & Deployment
Key features
- ✓Container deployment
- ✓Managed databases
- ✓Add-ons marketplace
- ✓Git-based deploys
- ✓Auto-scaling
- ✓Review apps
- ✓CI/CD pipelines
- ✓Heroku AI
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eco | $5 | month | Sleeps after 30min; 512 MB RAM; Good for hobby |
| Basic | $7 | month | 512 MB RAM; No sleep; Single dyno per process |
| Standard-1x | $25 | month | 512 MB RAM; Horizontal scaling; Preboot |
| Standard-2x | $50 | month | 1 GB RAM; All Standard features |
| Performance-M | $250 | month | 2.5 GB RAM; Dedicated; Autoscaling |
| Performance-L | $500 | month | 14 GB RAM; 8x CPU; Single-tenant |
Integrations
GitHubSlack