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What to use instead of Heroku

Fly.io is the cheapest verified alternative to Heroku: Fly.io Pay as You Go costs $24.24 a year against the $60 Heroku Eco costs, so $35.76 stays in your account. 10 options below, ranked by yearly cost, each with its own verified cancellation guide.

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Heroku Heroku Eco
Current price
$5 / month
$60 a year
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Verified alternatives to Heroku

10 verified · checked 6 Aug 2026

Ranked by yearly cost, cheapest first. Each one links to our own verified guide, so you can see how hard it is to leave later.

Biggest saving fly.io
Fly.io Fly.io Pay as You Go plan From $2.02 / month
$35.76 stays with you
every year
$60 $24.24 a year
$24.24 you pay $35.76 you keep
Cancels in about 10 minutes
Switch to Fly.io Or read our Fly.io guide
Cheaper than Heroku northflank.com
Northflank Northflank Pay as you go plan From $2.70 / month
$27.60 stays with you
every year
$60 $32.40 a year
$32.40 you pay $27.60 you keep
Cancels in about 3 minutes
Switch to Northflank Or read our Northflank guide
Cheaper than Heroku digitalocean.com
DigitalOcean DigitalOcean Basic Droplet plan From $4 / month
$12 stays with you
every year
$60 $48 a year
$48 you pay $12 you keep
Cancels in about 10 minutes
Switch to DigitalOcean Or read our DigitalOcean guide
Easier to cancel coolify.io
Coolify Cloud Cloud plan $5 / month
Same listed entry price
Cancels in about 2 minutes Rated Easy to cancel
Switch to Coolify Cloud Or read our Coolify Cloud guide
Easier to cancel railway.com
Railway Railway Hobby plan $5 / month
Same listed entry price
Cancels in about 1 minute Rated Easy to cancel
Switch to Railway Or read our Railway guide
Free plan netlify.com
Netlify Netlify Personal plan $9 / month
Higher listed entry price
Cancels in about 1 minute Free plan to fall back on Rated Easy to cancel
Switch to Netlify Or read our Netlify guide
Free plan cloudflare.com
Cloudflare Cloudflare Pro plan $25 / month
Higher listed entry price
Cancels in about 2 minutes Free plan to fall back on
Switch to Cloudflare Or read our Cloudflare guide
Free plan vercel.com
Vercel Vercel Pro plan $20 / user / month
Higher listed entry price
Cancels in about 2 minutes Free plan to fall back on
Switch to Vercel Or read our Vercel guide

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Every price and cancellation route on this page is checked against the provider's own pricing page, terms and support documentation - then dated, so you can see how fresh it is.

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Prices from the provider Read off the public pricing page in USD and converted to a full year, so every card compares the same twelve months.
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