Deployment & hosting

Alternatives to Heroku

Compare these candidates if you want self-hosting, data control or less dependence on Heroku's hosted service. Actual costs depend on deployment and required features.

These primarily replace deployment management; you still provide servers, domains, bandwidth and databases.

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Growth uses the latest collected snapshots; — means unavailable. Stars and licenses are not substitutes for feature verification.
Project	Stars	7-day gain	Language	License	Maintenance
coolify	65,506	+909	PHP	Apache-2.0	✅ Recently maintained
dokku	32,219	+22	Go	MIT	✅ Recently maintained

coolify

coollabsio/coolify

Open-source, self-hostable PaaS for deploying static sites, databases, and full-stack apps on your own servers.

✅ Recently maintained

Evaluate for managing application deployments on your own servers; supply backups and infrastructure.

Repository verified 2026-11-02 · Official repository & installation

dokku

dokku/dokku

A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications

✅ Recently maintained

Compare for Git-driven application deployment; test how existing applications build.

Repository verified 2026-11-02 · Official repository & installation

Before migrating

Check exports/imports, required features, permissions, backups, security updates and total operating cost. Candidates are not guaranteed feature-equivalent; enterprise extensions and model services may have separate terms and costs.