App platforms

Heroku vs Render

Same category, different tradeoffs. Pick from the published entry price and the limits below.

Heroku

Mature app platform with a large add-on catalog

Paid dynos

Strengths

  • Add-ons cover databases, cache, and logging
  • Buildpacks still cover common stacks

Limits

  • Dynos cost more than a comparable VPS
  • There is no permanent free dyno

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Render

Git-based deploys for web services and static sites

Free tier, then instance plans

Strengths

  • Deploys from Git with little config
  • Static sites and web services in one place

Limits

  • Free web services sleep
  • Instance plans cost more than a small VPS

Vendor pricing Alternatives