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24 alternatives to Cloud66

Build your own Heroku on any cloud

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cloud66 launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Build your own Heroku on your own servers▲207

   Deploy your applications to any cloud provider or your own servers. No lock-in, full control. From 1 to 1000 servers with Cloud 66

   2013 · cloud66.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Heroku▲115

   Cloud application platform

   2014 · heroku.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Porter▲415

   Heroku that runs in your own cloud

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Porter 2.0▲206

   Heroku that runs in your own cloud (AWS/GCP/DO)

   2021 · porter.run · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Heroku CI▲208

   Continuous Integration from Heroku

   2017 · devcenter.heroku.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Morph▲90

   Heroku for Scrapers

   2014 · morph.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Heroku DX▲122

   The new Heroku developer experience

   2014 · heroku.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Dokku▲90

   Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   New Heroku Dashboard▲71

   Public beta for their new dashboard

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Zo Computer▲202

    Build powerful personal software on an intelligent server

    Nov 2025 · zo.computer · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Floatsquare▲58

    Easily build your own business Cloud App online

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Cloud9▲115

    Your development environment, in the cloud

    2014 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Zengine▲74

    Quickly build custom business applications in the cloud

    2014 · submittable.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Google Cloud TPUs▲114

    Build and train machine learning models with Google

    2017 · blog.google · its alternatives →

15. 15
    CloudPeeps▲166

    The marketplace for remote community managers

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Mist▲72

    Cloud Management In Your Pocket

    2014 · mist.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    LovelyHeroku▲79

    Scale and debug your Heroku dynos on the go (Android only)

    2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18PC
    Porter Cloud – PaaS with an eject button▲258

    Hi HN! Porter Cloud (https://porter.run/porter-cloud) is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) like Heroku, but we make it easy for you to migrate to AWS, Azure, or GCP when you're ready. Like Heroku, Porter takes care of a lot of generic DevOps work for you (like setting up CI/CD, containerizing your applications, autoscaling, SSL certificates, setting up a reverse proxy) and lets you deploy your apps with a few clicks — saving you a lot of time while developing. However, as you probably know, there’s a downside: platforms like this become constraining if and when your app…

    2024 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Dokploy Cloud▲224

    The open source alternative to Vercel, Heroku and Netlify

    2024 · dokploy.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Cloud&Heat▲65

    Heat your home with a server

    2014 · cloudandheat.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Heroku ChatOps for Slack▲81

    Heroku pipeline deployments from Slack.

    2017 · devcenter.heroku.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Oracle Cloud Stacker▲70

    Build your own cloud in just 20 seconds while avoiding bugs

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Heroku Button▲120

    One-click deploy to Heroku from git repos

    2014 · heroku.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Deploy Button for custom GPT-3 APIs▲78

    Instant GPT-3 backend hosting so you can focus on product

    2023 · steamship.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →