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DigitalOcean App Platform vs. Heroku Platform

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean App Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe DigitalOcean App Platform enables developers to build, deploy, and scale apps on what they describe as a simple, fully managed PaaS. Users of the former Nanobox, acquired by DigitalOcean in 2019, have been migrated to the App Platform upon Nanobox's end of life in March 2021.

    $5

    per month

    Heroku Platform

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Heroku Platform, now from Salesforce, is a platform-as-a-service based on a managed container system, with integrated data services and ecosystem for deploying modern apps. It takes an app-centric approach for software delivery, integrated with developer tools and workflows. It’s three main tool are: Heroku Developer Experience (DX), Heroku Operational Experience (OpEx), and Heroku Runtime. Heroku Developer Experience (DX) Developers deploy directly from tools like…

    $85

    per month

    Pricing
    DigitalOcean App PlatformHeroku Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $5
    per month
    Professional
    $12
    per month
    Production
    $25.00
    per month
    Advanced
    $250.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOcean App PlatformHeroku Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    DigitalOcean App PlatformHeroku Platform
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    Chose DigitalOcean App Platform
    The ability to choose your own cloud provider is huge, especially for a small start up like I have. We have a lot of free credit from AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, Azure, etc...

    The data layer is baked into the system which is better for integration then an external provider.
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    DigitalOcean App PlatformHeroku Platform
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of DigitalOcean App Platform and Heroku Platform
    Feature
    DigitalOcean App Platform
    6.8
    2 Ratings
    Heroku Platform
    8.1
    43 Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.01 Ratings7.626 Ratings
    Scalability4.02 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Platform management overhead4.02 Ratings7.642 Ratings
    Platform access control4.02 Ratings7.142 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration9.01 Ratings8.141 Ratings
    Development environment creation10.01 Ratings8.738 Ratings
    Development environment replication10.01 Ratings8.737 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification6.01 Ratings8.241 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.01 Ratings8.438 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes6.02 Ratings8.443 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.429 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DigitalOcean App PlatformHeroku Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (47 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (19 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)