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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Heroku PlatformMicrosoft Azure
    Editions & Modules
    Production
    $25.00
    per month
    Advanced
    $250.00
    per month
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Heroku PlatformMicrosoft Azure
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
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    Heroku PlatformMicrosoft Azure
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    Chose Heroku Platform
    Kuberbetes is an easily scalable docker based option which should need minimal DevOps, however, it has a pretty high learning curve with many decisions that need to be addressed as well as monitoring, logging and security concerns.
    Incentivized
    Chose Heroku Platform
    Heroku, in my opinion, is the easiest platform to deploy and host web applications on. From collaboration to deployment, everything is well thought out and bulletproof. If you need advanced server functionality, like a VPC, machine-to-machine communication, etc., you will …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heroku Platform
    We chose Heroku solely because we had an end goal of putting our data into Salesforce. The platform allowed us to simplify this.
    Incentivized
    Chose Heroku Platform
    To this day no other PaaS matches Heroku in ease of use and maturity. If you want to stay 100% focused on your unique product/service rather than wasting time on boilerplate hosting issues, I can highly recommend Heroku. I personally use it for all of my own websites …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heroku Platform
    Heroku is the more expensive option for hosting compared to some of the cloud platforms we investigated, but it's worth it for us because of the plug-and-play nature of Heroku deployment. We can be up and running in a few minutes and know with precision how much it will cost us …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heroku Platform
    Heroku is a much better choice for small prototyping and small to medium size sites. It is easier to use than most other services/platforms.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    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
    Heroku PlatformMicrosoft Azure
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Heroku Platform and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Heroku Platform
    8.1
    43 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability8.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead7.642 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control7.142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.141 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation8.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.737 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.241 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.438 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes8.443 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Heroku Platform and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Heroku Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.818 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Heroku PlatformMicrosoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (47 ratings)
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (19 ratings)
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)