Heroku alternatives

At a glance

We list 8 other hosting tools as alternatives to Heroku: Cloudflare Workers, DigitalOcean App Platform, Fly.io, Netlify, Railway, Render, Vercel and Webflow.
Cloudflare Workers, DigitalOcean App Platform, Netlify, Railway, Render, Vercel and Webflow have a free plan.
Cloudflare Workers, DigitalOcean App Platform, Netlify, Railway, Render and Vercel work with GitHub, as Heroku does.
DigitalOcean App Platform works with Papertrail, as Heroku does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.

8 alternatives

Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.

Cloudflare Workers
Deploy serverless functions globally in seconds
No reviews yet
Choose it over Heroku for: integration with GitLab, Sentry or MongoDB; SOC 2 or GDPR.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Workers Paid, $5 per account per month minimum, plus usage (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Heroku
GitHub
Main features
No cold starts, Smart Placement, Cron Triggers
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
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DigitalOcean App Platform
Build, deploy, and scale apps quickly using a simple, fully managed solution
No reviews yet
Choose it over Heroku for: integration with GitLab, Bitbucket or Docker Hub; SOC 2.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Paid Tier, $5 per month, starting price per container (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Heroku
GitHub, Papertrail
Main features
Built-in CI/CD, Preview environments, Autoscaling
Security and compliance
SOC 2, HIPAA
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Fly.io
Hardware-isolated VMs that boot in under a second and run close to your users
No reviews yet
Choose it over Heroku for: integration with GitHub Actions, Upstash for Redis or Tigris; SOC 2.
Platforms
CLI
Integrations shared with Heroku
None in common
Main features
Fly Machines, Sprites for agents, Managed Postgres
Security and compliance
SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO
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Netlify
Create with AI or code, deploy instantly on production infrastructure
No reviews yet
Choose it over Heroku for: integration with GitLab, Bitbucket or Contentful; SOC 2 or GDPR.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Personal, $9 per month (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Heroku
GitHub
Main features
Deploy previews, Serverless functions, Global edge network
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Railway
A full-stack cloud for deploying web apps, servers and databases with automatic scaling
No reviews yet
Choose it over Heroku for: integration with Docker, Slack or Discord; SOC 2.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Hobby, $5 per month, plus usage (as of October 19, 2026)
Free trial
30 days
Platforms
CLI
Integrations shared with Heroku
GitHub
Main features
Visual infrastructure canvas, Instant preview environments, Private networking
Security and compliance
SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO
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Render
Intuitive infrastructure to deploy and scale any app or agent
No reviews yet
Choose it over Heroku for: integration with GitLab, Bitbucket or Datadog; SOC 2 or GDPR.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Pro, $25 per month, plus compute (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Heroku
GitHub
Main features
Web services and background workers, Managed Postgres, Full-stack preview environments
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Vercel
Agentic infrastructure to ship apps and agents, from global delivery to serverless functions
No reviews yet
Choose it over Heroku for: integration with GitLab or Bitbucket; SOC 2.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Pro, $20 per developer seat per month, plus usage (as of October 19, 2026)
Free trial
Yes
Platforms
CLI
Integrations shared with Heroku
GitHub
Main features
Preview deployments, Fluid compute, Global content delivery
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, SSO
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Webflow
Gives every team the tools to build, manage, and grow a website that drives real revenue
No reviews yet
Choose it over Heroku for: integration with Figma, HubSpot or Zapier; SOC 2 or GDPR.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Basic, $15 per site per month, billed yearly (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Heroku
None in common
Main features
Webflow CMS, Webflow AI, Webflow Localize
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO
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At a glance

We list 8 other hosting tools as alternatives to Heroku: Cloudflare Workers, DigitalOcean App Platform, Fly.io, Netlify, Railway, Render, Vercel and Webflow.

Cloudflare Workers, DigitalOcean App Platform, Netlify, Railway, Render, Vercel and Webflow have a free plan.

Cloudflare Workers, DigitalOcean App Platform, Netlify, Railway, Render and Vercel work with GitHub, as Heroku does.

DigitalOcean App Platform works with Papertrail, as Heroku does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.