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24 alternatives to Heroku

Cloud application platform

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

1. 1
   Heroku CI▲208

   Continuous Integration from Heroku

   2017 · devcenter.heroku.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Heroku DX▲122

   The new Heroku developer experience

   2014 · heroku.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Porter▲415

   Heroku that runs in your own cloud

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Morph▲90

   Heroku for Scrapers

   2014 · morph.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   New Heroku Dashboard▲71

   Public beta for their new dashboard

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Porter 2.0▲206

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

   2021 · porter.run · its alternatives →

7. 7PC
   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 →

8. 8
   Cloud9▲115

   Your development environment, in the cloud

   2014 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Frame.io▲151

   Cloud-based collaboration for everything

   2015 · frame.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Heroku ChatOps for Slack▲81

    Heroku pipeline deployments from Slack.

    2017 · devcenter.heroku.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    heroku.json, our Sunday hack project▲74

    Setting up Heroku apps made easy. Contribute to rainforestapp/heroku.json development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Dokku▲90

    Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Muut IO▲63

    Community Development Platform

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    KUKU.io▲114

    Publish to FB, Twitter, Tumblr at once

    2015 · kuku.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Node.js Blueprints▲75

    Develop stunning web and desktop applications

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Cloud66▲17

    Build your own Heroku on any cloud

    2014 · cloud66.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Now.app▲143

    Deploy to the cloud from your menubar

    2016 · vercel.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Snyk for Serverless and PaaS▲111

    Monitor AWS Lambda and Heroku apps for known vulnerabilities

    2017 · snyk.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Meteor▲107

    Platform for building web apps in a fraction of the time

    2014 · meteor.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Datazar▲152

    Home to Research

    2016 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    LovelyHeroku▲79

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

    2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    A360▲100

    Autodesk's cloud collaboration workspace for design projects

    2015 · autodesk.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Kaffeine▲30

    Keep your Heroku app awake

    2015 · kaffeine.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    CloudApp 2.0▲103

    Share faster

    2014 · getcloudapp.com · its alternatives →

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