Good alternatives to Heroku

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

InfluxDB - Purpose built for real-time analytics at any scale.
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  • action-doctl

    GitHub Actions for DigitalOcean - doctl

    Digital Ocean - Good prices, documentation and they have something similar to Heroku with App Platform. Good for small and big projects.

  • InfluxDB

    Purpose built for real-time analytics at any scale. InfluxDB Platform is powered by columnar analytics, optimized for cost-efficient storage, and built with open data standards.

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  • vercel

    Develop. Preview. Ship.

    Vercel - Never used but and it seems very specific for Frontend developers.

  • supabase

    The open source Firebase alternative. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.

    Subpabase - Like Planetscale this is only for databases. It is an open source Firebase alternative for building secure and performant Postgres backends with minimal configuration.

  • hugo-quick-start

    Hugo Quick Start on Render

    Render - I think render is more like a cloud agnostic builder/runner platform, this means that your application needs to be hosted somewhere else.

  • templates

    Railway starters (by railwayapp)

    Railway - Language agnostic and for projects big and small. Never used but it seems very easy to use like Heroku.

  • pocketbase

    Open Source realtime backend in 1 file

    Pocketbase - Never used before but it says in their home page the following: "Open Source backend for your next SaaS and Mobile app in 1 file". Seems porwerful.

  • planetscale-java

    Planetscale Connector for Java

    Planetscale - Directly from their website: "PlanetScale is a MySQL-compatible serverless database that brings you scale, performance, and reliability — without sacrificing developer experience."

  • SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  • Hugo

    The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

    And last but not least, Netlify, which is the one I use to host this website(for free). Hugo + Netlify is a powerful combination.

  • flyctl

    Command line tools for fly.io services

    Fly.io - Very similar to Heroku too, easy to use and support for multiple stacks/languages.

  • amplify-flutter

    A declarative library with an easy-to-use interface for building Flutter applications on AWS.

    AWS Amplify - Very easy to use, connects to your github repository and can also create review apps based on branches.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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