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Alternatives to Heroku
Heroku: Cloud application platform for building, deploying, and scaling apps. 8 products similar to Heroku, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 7 of 8 have a free tier, 8 of 8 have an API, 7 of 8 offer an MCP server.
- Pethost
Agent-first cloud for everything you build
- Render
Cloud application platform for deploying, scaling, and securing apps and agents
- xCloud
Managed hosting and server management for WordPress, Laravel, Node.js, Docker and AI agents.
- Clever Cloud
Fully managed sovereign cloud platform for hosting, deploying and operating applications.
- CircleCI
Cloud-native CI/CD platform for automating build, test, and deployment workflows
- Fly.io
Deploy apps, agents, and databases on fast, hardware-isolated VMs
- packagecloud
Hosted package management platform for software artifacts across multiple package types
- Fiskmås
Hosting for AI agents
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroku | Freemium · from $5 | no | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Pethost | Paid · from €9.99/month | no | yes | yes | yes | — |
| Render | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| xCloud | Freemium · from $5/mo (managed hosting); free tier for first self-managed server; AI agent hosting from $9.99/mo; reseller from $25/mo | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| Clever Cloud | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| CircleCI | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Fly.io | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| packagecloud | Freemium | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| Fiskmås | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | no | — |
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