Why are people looking for Alternatives to Heroku?
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hey! thanks for including Appliku in this list.
I would like to mention that it is not just community support, but I personally help everyone who needs help deploying their apps as well as provide guidance building Django apps in general too!
So, don’t hesitate, join our Discord and I will be there for you, just like a lot of other developers and SaaS founders.
It’s also cool cause the other tools are mostly from funded VC firms and this guy is out here building it himself and it’s going great
Good day sir thank you for your support please I'm currently working on admin dashboard and I'm in need of your help if you can share some source code_**_ with me
Hi! I see that Render is listed as an alternative in the "Top Free Heroku Alternatives". I'm Render's Developer Community Manager and it seems like a good time to chime in with some extra context for those considering a move from Heroku to Render.
First, anyone interested in migrating from Heroku to Render should take a look at our documentation and blogs (Django-specific) and (Rails-specific) in support of that. I'd also like to highlight our latest blog post on updates to the heroku-import tool to make it as easy as possible!
Interesting list! When I sorted the lesser known brands using global Alexa ranking, following came on top (for whatever it's worth):
fleek.co
render.com
railway.app
fly.io
platform.sh
This is important because it takes a lot of effort for even a student/hobby project to build and configure their app, have a testing and deployment strategy, etc. and if the platform suddenly pulls the plug (like Heroku did), they are left in the dark and on a limb. I know it's easy to pontificate that just fork the money and pay up for a regular server but all of us aren't so rich, especially the students and freelancers.
Another point for Appliku. Definitely one of the best services out there, because if you need help with anything, the creator himself helps you out. And with tools like Heroku Env Importer it makes moving away from Heroku really really easy.
Can't help but mention symbiosis.host (disclaimer: I'm part of the team). We are the by far cheapest option for managed Kubernetes. Many of our users use it together with the listed k8s app deployment frameworks for an affordable and low-ops infrastructure.
You should 100% add Cycle to this list. We have lots of people coming over from Heroku. Also a lot of the tools you listed are not really replacements as much as tools or dev environments...
Hi @aubuchcl ! Thanks for reaching out. Cycle looks interesting - I've added it to the list.
For me the obvious winner is Appliku. Simple, stable, powerful with great customer support. What else do you need? Using it for a while already and have no issues. Never heard of other alternatives cause I simply don't need them 🤷♀️
CTO.ai is also a good option for developers and startups who want to focus on the delivery and code without leaving operations behind. I'm part of the team, and we want to explore the Developer Control Plane, which is a new concept in the market that enable developers to deliver on their own without the DevOps team's interference on the operational side.
There's a comparison for those who are thinking on Heroku's alternatives.
@biagotaski - looks interesting! thanks for pointing it out. I've added it to the list. Keep up the good work!
For static websites I would recommend GitHub pages, which is free.
@penyfan - thanks! you're right. We've added this to the list. Appreciate your input!
deta.sh is another heroku alternative which can be used for hosting simple nodejs, python backends for hobby projects using macros. deta has got a NoSQL database and a file storage service.
Hey there
This seems to be a very complete list. In april, during the major incident on Heroku, I have created my own alternative and published it as open source (no closed parts or services) . It is called Kubero. It runs as a Kubernetes Operator and has allmost the same featureset as Heroku.
github.com/kubero-dev/kubero
We have been using Appliku for 2 years for far. It saved us thousands of cash and ton of time. The team gives an excellent support.
surge.sh and pythonanywhere.com also have free layers.
Glitch deserves to be on the list...
Appliku is great and easy to get started with! It's especially nice to provision EC2.
I made a list regarding the self host PaaS options. :)
dev.to/timhub/self-host-heroku-alt...
Quite a few I did not know of thanks for putting this together.
@andrewbaisden, I'm glad this was useful for you. Really appreciate your kind feedback.
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Thanks!! Very helpful!
Great list, I host my SaaS on AppLiku and I must say it’s a really powerful option. I get all the advantages that the AWS ecosystem has to offer with Heroku like simplicity.
You should add Supabase as a Heroku PostgreSQL alternative, it's free.
Which one is best for free user?