TL;DR - Heroku
- Platform as a service that scales with you
- Deploy apps with git push heroku main
- Add-ons marketplace for databases and more
Pricing: Paid only
Best for: Enterprises & professionals
Pricing Plans
free trialEco
$5/month
0.5GB RAM
- Sleeps after 30min
- 1000 dyno hours
- Good for learning
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Basic
$7/month
0.5GB RAM
- No sleep
- Always on
- Basic features
Standard-1X
$25/month
0.5GB RAM
- Horizontal scaling
- Preboot
- Metrics
Performance-M
$250/month
2.5GB RAM
- Dedicated resources
- Auto-scaling
- Production-ready
About Heroku
Heroku pioneered platform-as-a-service. Git push to deploy, managed infrastructure, simple scaling—the developer experience that defined a category, though pricing has changed.
The deployment experience is still excellent. Add-ons extend functionality. The ecosystem is mature.
Developers wanting simple deployment without infrastructure management use Heroku for approachable PaaS.
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Heroku FAQ
Heroku discontinued free dynos in 2022. The cheapest option is now Eco dynos at $5/month for up to 1,000 hours across all apps. Previously free tier users must now pay or migrate elsewhere.
Eco: $5/month (shared pool of hours), Basic: $7/month per dyno, Standard: $25-50/month, Performance: $250-500/month. Add-ons like databases cost extra. Costs scale with usage and add-ons.
Heroku simplifies deployment with git push workflow. Excellent for small-to-medium applications where developer time is more valuable than infrastructure costs. Supports many languages and frameworks.
Heroku offers simplicity at higher per-unit cost. AWS offers more control and lower costs at scale but requires more DevOps knowledge. Heroku suits smaller teams prioritizing developer productivity.
Heroku remains useful for rapid prototyping and small applications. However, alternatives like Railway, Render, and Fly.io have gained popularity since free tier removal. The ecosystem has become more competitive.
Add-ons provide managed services: databases (Heroku Postgres), monitoring (New Relic), email, caching, and more. Pricing varies by add-on and plan. Simplifies adding capabilities to applications.
Yes, Heroku supports production workloads with auto-scaling, multiple regions, and performance dynos. Larger applications may find AWS or dedicated hosting more cost-effective, but Heroku scales adequately.