Heroku Alternatives

Users recommend various Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) providers like Fly.io, Render, DigitalOcean App Platform, and others as easier or cheaper alternatives to Heroku for application deployment.

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ComputerGuru β€’ Mar 23, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Check out fly.io as that is their raison d’Γͺtre.

Whitespace β€’ Jun 29, 2024 β€’ View on HN

Is it fair to say that you are in favor of Heroku, fly.io, ECS, etc?

riadsila β€’ Aug 25, 2022 β€’ View on HN

I think https://www.koyeb.com/ could be what you are looking for. Let me know what you think! (Disclaimer, I work for Koyeb)

cercatrova β€’ Jul 23, 2022 β€’ View on HN

If you're looking for a Heroku like experience, I've heard good things about fly.io.

gbraad β€’ Aug 4, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Something Fly.io also does, so they aren't the only one's.

ashconnor β€’ Apr 13, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Digital Ocean App Platform and Render are both easy to use and a lot cheaper than Heroku.

bdcravens β€’ Sep 23, 2015 β€’ View on HN

Cloud66 is a pretty close match to Heroku.

mrkurt β€’ Aug 24, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Good thing we (Fly.io) are a cloud provider you can just use directly. :)

g_delgado14 β€’ Jun 26, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Same question here - what about something like AppEngine (or Elastic Beanstalk)?

slig β€’ Apr 5, 2025 β€’ View on HN

I believe that Opalstack is what you're looking for. I've used their service for a while.