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I'm unhappy with Heroku pricing for my app
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Oct 7, 2026
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That’s understandable—Heroku can get expensive pretty quickly, especially once you need multiple dynos, add-ons, or predictable scaling.
If you want, I can help you figure out a cheaper path. A few good options depend on what kind of app you have:
- Keep it simple / low maintenance: Render, Railway, Fly.io
- Cheapest at scale / more control: DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Linode, AWS Lightsail
- Mostly static frontend: Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages
- Containers / flexible infra: ECS/Fargate, Kubernetes, Dokku, Coolify
A good next step is usually:
- Check what you’re paying for on Heroku now
- Identify your app type (web app, API, background jobs, DB, file storage)
- Compare migration cost vs monthly savings
If you want, paste:
- your app stack,
- current Heroku monthly bill,
- and what services you use there,
and I’ll suggest the cheapest realistic alternatives.