Deta is the best choice if you want everything for free forever and unlimited space for database and applications. I think Deta is sponsored by the German government.

Cuber is also an alternative to Heroku.

You define a Cuberfile with about ~10 lines of code that describe your application, then you type cuber deploy in your terminal to deploy your app on Kubernetes on any cloud provider.

Cuber is free and open source and Kubernetes is usually much cheaper than a PaaS like Heroku. Also if you use Cuber you don't have to deal with all the complexity of Kubernetes.

Be extremely careful when signing up for the "free" tier of any of these services, particularly ones that require a credit card (most of them). Use a disposable, one-time card if you can.

Not mentioning any names, but I've experienced firsthand some extremely shady practices that have ended up with with me receiving unexpected billing for services I never used.

It says when one door closes another opens. I just learnt there were a lot of alternatives to heroku. Could heroku have had a better approach to this without taking away free-tier? I think instead of the free-tier, maybe users could have a limited free usage. Maybe 550MB storage free and when you exceed that you'd pay the extra.

Thank you Meshv for compiling this list, indeed a great one. 🚀
I would also like to mention Webiny as an alternative - it will also allow users to Embrace Serverless.
For a little over two years, we have been building Webiny. It's a Headless CMS you can use for your personal blog ... but it's not only a Headless CMS: it's a fully-featured application framework that you can use to scaffold unique applications that will have access to the existing setup we have built via plugins. More details on leveraging the power of serverless can be found here.

qoddi.com is an alternative to Heroku and compatible with Heroku buildpacks.

Glad to see Netlify, CloudFlare, Deta and Render in this list; all very interesting hosting options for different purposes. I'm especially interested in seeing where Deta ends up in another year or two.

But one of the most complete for multiple purposes is missing, and that is Supabase:

• very complete users/authentication (much simpler than Auth0)
• very easy to use Postgres database with row-level security so you may not even need a back-end server at all
• storage for files (S3-compatible)
• serverless edge functions
• generous free tier

Which one has the ability to push via command line as simple as Heroku's git push heroku master?

You should 100% add Cycle to this list - it has a much higher ceiling than heroku, railway, rendr, etc... but maintains approachability for developers that are keen to stay focused on code.

Nice list, I never knew there were actually that many 😆
I'd also add that Vercel is a nice, also pretty similar to Netlify.

Add Fleek to the list. It's as simple as deploying on netlify but supports web3 so your page can be stored forever on IPFS (even if your domain name expires) without the need to deal with the complexities of web3 development.

Koyeb is a very good alternative I found lately.

Koyeb is a developer-friendly serverless platform to deploy apps globally. No-ops, servers, or infrastructure management.

I wrote an article on how to migrate from Heroku to Koyeb here

What about Vercel?

Patr can also be a great option. It provides features like Deployments, Static Sites, Databases, CI/CD, Managing Domains, URLs, Secrets on the free plan.

Its good to know that there are so many alternatives to Heroku its going to limit the damage of having it go behind a paywall 😂

thank for share with us 😊 now I got to know some new! ( dev utile )

Caprover

like Doku, but more easier
caprover.com

Is possible to host a Strapi project on Netlify?

which one is support laravel ? just like "simple-heroku".

Kinsta is also an alternative, however not free as the ones mentioned in the list but it comes with $20 credit you can use to try the service risk free..

Thank you for the list

That Railway make sense,i will try it out thanks👍👍👍

regarding the self host PaaS alternative, I made an article

dev.to/timhub/self-host-heroku-alt...

It is focusing on PaaS and self host

I'm guessing Cyclic will be my next go to

Thanks for your list..

I need something that runs my JVM, a Postgres instance and maybe later reddis

render.com/ seems the right choice?

ohh thanks for this post

Wow. Awesome post 🤯
Thanks

Thank you for that...really needs it at this time

Great list!

Railway cool

Thanks ! @meshvpatel18

thanks for sharing this

Thanks for the list, just giving my 2 cents: for Elixir developers we have gigalixir.com/ good to prototype and test small apps with no cost.

Thanks mate for sharing these option , this list contains good option....

Northflank is also very powerful, but it isn't free completely.

damn ! this was much needed !

Meteor Galaxy also offers a free tier incl. light Mongo. If you intend to make an app with pub/sub, mongo, reactivity etc. this is a considerable offer.l

Nice nice nice

Thanks

People can practice how to migrate their projects and get familiar with the new services, which is good.

Hey 👋 all, just share this with your friends so that they can get to know about this...
Thanks 👍.

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Nice!

Hi,
I have 15 free PostgreSQL add-ons available.
This is still an add-on so it appears on Heroku and you can use a dump to copy your data :)
Drop me a PM if you want one ;)

What about Clever Cloud API?

Here is a helpful resource I was shared recently:
Provides suggestions for a variety of Web dev services that have great free tiers.

Check out Acorn

What is the best one for Docker containers?

Nice list! will add some of the list to here as well
freestuff.dev/alternative/heroku/

I just joined Cyclic and I got a free $10 credit. It's awesome. Try it @Cyclic