This Heroku alternative includes everything under the sun
Upsun and Heroku are enterprise-grade cloud service providers with proven success. But if you’re tired of dealing with 3rd-party add-ons, there’s only one clear winner.
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| Multicloud | AWS, Azure, OVH, GCP | AWS | + |
| Sustainability | Green incentives | x | + |
| Persistent Storage | Internal storage included | Managed databases (3rd-party add-on) | + |
| Request timeout | Unlimited | Fixed | + |
| Data protection services | Internal data protection | Premium add-on | + |
| Runtimes, Docker containers, buildpacks | Various runtimes supported | Various runtimes supported | + |
| Composable image | Internal composable image | x | + |
| HTTP/2 support | Fully supported | Limited support | + |
| DDoS protection | Internal DDoS protection | 3rd-party add-on | + |
| Upsun's built-in reverse proxy cache | On-demand restarts | Disruptive automated restarts | + |
| Cron jobs | Internal cron jobs | Add-on with usage-based fees | + |
| Preview environments | Byte-for-byte clones, including all data | Intensive manual process to create; data uploaded seperately | + |
| Observability | Built-in Blackfire observability | 3rd-party add-on | + |
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Among Heroku alternatives, Upsun shines
Reliable uptime
No frustrating automatic restarts or request timeouts—Upsun maximizes your efficiency.
One platform does it all
Built-in DDoS protection, storage, cron jobs, and more, all in one easy-to-use platform.
Transparent pricing model
Avoid surprises with clear upfront costs, usage-based pricing, and spending alerts.
Sustainable cloud services
With Upsun, it's easy to track and optimize your energy use for a greener future.
It's tough to change cloud service providers
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Anyone who has some level of knowledge about DevOps concepts and YAML syntax can get started with Upsun; it’s a fairly easy product for the amount of complexity it can handle. That’s the magic.
Lukas Kahwe Smith
CTO and Co-founder, Witty Works