Comparison

Google App Engine 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.

Google App Engine full profile →Heroku full profile →

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Google App Engine55

★Heroku67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Google App Engine	HerokuLeader
vioscaleAI score	55 / 100low · 48%	67 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$500
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	6
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.heroku.com/blog/security-rails-active-storage/
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Google App Engine55 / 100low · 48%

Heroku67 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

Model

Google App Enginefreemium

Herokufreemium

Price level

Google App Enginelow

Herokuhigh

Starting price

Google App Engine–

Heroku$500

Transparent

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

Integrations

Count

Google App Engine3

Heroku6

Security

Disclosure policy

Google App Engine–

Heroku✓

Hipaa

Google App Engine–

Heroku✓

Iso27001

Google App Engine–

Heroku✓

Pci

Google App Engine–

Heroku✓

Soc2

Google App Engine–

Heroku✓

Trust center

Google App Engine–

Herokuhttps://www.heroku.com/blog/security-rails-active-storage/

Reliability

Status page

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

Market

Availability

Google App EngineAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

HerokuAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Google App Engine6 items

Heroku6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for PaaS & Hosting
Capability	Google App Engine	Heroku
Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy	-	✓
Deploy arbitrary container image	-	✓
Per-PR preview environments	-	✓
Build
Build system	-	Buildpacks
Runtime / language breadth	Node.js, Java, Ruby, C#, Go, Python, PHP	Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP
Scale
Autoscaling	Horizontal	Horizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach	Multi-region	Multi-region
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud only
Data
Bundled managed data services	-	✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge	-	-
Custom domains + automatic TLS	✓	✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management	✓	✓
Instant rollbacks	✓	✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API	✓	✓

Deploy

Git-push auto-deploy

Google App Engine-

Heroku✓

Deploy arbitrary container image

Google App Engine-

Heroku✓

Per-PR preview environments

Google App Engine-

Heroku✓

Build

Build system

Google App Engine-

HerokuBuildpacks

Runtime / language breadth

Google App EngineNode.js, Java, Ruby, C#, Go, Python, PHP

HerokuNode.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP

Scale

Autoscaling

Google App EngineHorizontal

HerokuHorizontal

Deployment

Geographic reach

Google App EngineMulti-region

HerokuMulti-region

Hosting

Google App EngineCloud only

HerokuCloud only

Data

Bundled managed data services

Google App Engine-

Heroku✓

Delivery

Built-in global CDN / edge

Google App Engine-

Heroku-

Custom domains + automatic TLS

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

Ops

Env vars & secrets management

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

Instant rollbacks

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

Extensibility

CLI + deploy API

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

What each one is

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

Google App Engine

A managed cloud platform that automatically handles server deployment and scaling, allowing developers to deploy applications without managing underlying infrastructure or configuration.

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.

Google App Engine

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier: 29 hours F1 instances + 9 hours B1 instances per day, 1 GB outbound data per day. $300 free credits available. Usage-based pricing from $0.05–$0.40/hour depending on instance class.

B1Free
B2Free
B4Free
B4_1GFree
B8Free
F1Free
F2Free
F4Free
F4_1GFree

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

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 2026-10-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Google App Engine	Heroku
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

CLI

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Google App Engine✓

Heroku✓

Integrations

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

Google App Engine

3 total

Cloud Monitoring
Cloud Logging
Cloud Run

Independently observed

Heroku

Leader

7 total

GitHub
Twilio
Salesforce
Travis CI
RabbitMQ
Apigee
Heroku Postgres

Independently observed

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