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Comparison

Cloudflare Pages vs Heroku

On the evidence we track, Heroku leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Cloudflare Pages50
★Heroku67
Score
vioscaleAI score
Cloudflare Pages50 / 100low · 21%
Heroku67 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Cloudflare Pages✓
Heroku✓
Model
Cloudflare Pagesfree
Herokufreemium
Price level
Cloudflare Pagesfree
Herokuhigh
Starting price
Cloudflare Pages–
Heroku$500
Transparent
Cloudflare Pages✗
Heroku✓
Integrations
Count
Cloudflare Pages1
Heroku6
Security
Disclosure policy
Cloudflare Pages–
Heroku✓
Hipaa
Cloudflare Pages–
Heroku✓
Iso27001
Cloudflare Pages–
Heroku✓
Pci
Cloudflare Pages–
Heroku✓
Soc2
Cloudflare Pages–
Heroku✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Cloudflare Pages–
Heroku✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Cloudflare Pages5 items
Heroku6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
Cloudflare Pages✓
Heroku✓
Deploy arbitrary container image
Cloudflare Pages-
Heroku✓
Per-PR preview environments
Cloudflare Pages✓
Heroku✓
Build
Build system
Cloudflare PagesFramework-native
HerokuBuildpacks
Runtime / language breadth
Cloudflare PagesJavaScript/Node.js
HerokuNode.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP
Scale
Autoscaling
Cloudflare PagesHorizontal
HerokuHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
Cloudflare PagesGlobal edge
HerokuMulti-region
Hosting
Cloudflare PagesCloud only
HerokuCloud only
Data
Bundled managed data services
Cloudflare Pages-
Heroku✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
Cloudflare Pages✓
Heroku-
Custom domains + automatic TLS
Cloudflare Pages✓
Heroku✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
Cloudflare Pages-
Heroku✓
Instant rollbacks
Cloudflare Pages-
Heroku✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
Cloudflare Pages✓
Heroku✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Cloudflare Pages

A serverless platform for building and deploying full-stack applications with minimal configuration. It offers GitHub integration, automatic scaling, and runs on Cloudflare's global edge network.

Independently observed

Heroku

Leader

A cloud-based application platform that enables developers to build, run, and scale web applications using managed infrastructure and integrated deployment tools. Supports multiple programming languages and frameworks with Git-based deployment.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cloudflare Pages

Free tier

Free tier available with 500 monthly deploys and unlimited collaborators. Paid plans available (contact sales).

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited collaborators
    • Preview deployments with shareable links
    • Built-in web analytics
    • Git integration (GitHub, GitLab)
    • Custom domains
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Heroku

Leader
from $500/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $7/month for hobby tier, with free tier available

  • freeFree
  • hobby$7/dyno/mo
  • standard-1x$25/dyno/mo
  • standard-2x$50/dyno/mo
  • performance$500/mo
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Cloudflare Pages✓
Heroku✓
CLI
Cloudflare Pages✗
Heroku✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cloudflare Pages✓
Heroku✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Cloudflare Pages

8 total - 7 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • Cloudflare Access
  • React
  • Vue
  • Gatsby
  • Hugo
Independently observed

Heroku

Leader
7 total - 6 not shared
  • Twilio
  • Salesforce
  • Travis CI
  • RabbitMQ
  • Apigee
  • Heroku Postgres
Independently observed
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