# Heroku vs Northflank

| Attribute | Heroku | Northflank |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 67.1 (73% (medium)) | 62.7 (73% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://www.heroku.com/blog/dynos-pricing-ga/","question":"What is Heroku?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Heroku supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.heroku.com/blog/dynos-pricing-ga/","question":"What platforms does Heroku support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Heroku, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.heroku.com/blog/dynos-pricing-ga/","question":"Can Heroku be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Heroku, including GitHub, Twilio and Salesforce. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.heroku.com/blog/dynos-pricing-ga/","question":"What does Heroku integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Heroku. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Heroku not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.heroku.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Heroku have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Heroku is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.heroku.com/blog/dynos-pricing-ga/","question":"Where is Heroku available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Northflank is a platform for deploying and managing applications, databases, jobs, and AI services with options for managed cloud hosting or deployment into customer infrastructure, providing Git-based deployments, preview environments, and rollback capabilities. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"What is Northflank?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Northflank offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.01. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"Is Northflank free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Northflank supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"What platforms does Northflank support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Northflank can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"Can Northflank be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 23 integrations for Northflank, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Oracle Cloud and EKS, plus 15 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"What does Northflank integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and HIPAA for Northflank. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Northflank not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://northflank.com","question":"What security certifications does Northflank have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Northflank is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"Where is Northflank available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Infrastructure deployment system that runs code in isolated sandbox environments with automatic preview environments, access controls, secrets management, and support for both managed cloud and customer-owned infrastructure. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","regions":"multi","runtimes":"Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP","rollbacks":true,"autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"buildpacks","git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","regions":"multi","runtimes":"Polyglot; any language or framework","rollbacks":true,"autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"buildpacks","git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 23 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Twilio"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Travis CI","native":false,"category":"ci"},{"name":"RabbitMQ","native":false,"category":"messaging"},{"name":"Apigee","native":false,"category":"api"},{"name":"Heroku Postgres","native":true,"category":"database"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud"},{"name":"EKS"},{"name":"GKE"},{"name":"AKS"},{"name":"Rancher"},{"name":"OpenShift"},{"name":"Tanzu"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"MinIO"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"pgvector"},{"name":"Llama"},{"name":"Deepseek"},{"name":"MCP"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"free","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Sleeping dynos with up to 18 hours of monthly activity, automatic sleep and recharge cycles"},{"free":false,"name":"hobby","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"dyno","amount":7,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"512MB RAM dyno with 24/7 uptime, single dyno per process type"},{"free":false,"name":"standard-1x","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"dyno","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"512MB RAM professional dyno with auto-scaling, metrics, preboot, and fast builds"},{"free":false,"name":"standard-2x","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"dyno","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"1GB RAM professional dyno with auto-scaling and all standard features"},{"free":false,"name":"performance","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Isolated dyno for high-traffic applications requiring dedicated resources and consistent performance"}],"summary":"From $7/month for hobby tier, with free tier available","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.heroku.com/blog/dynos-pricing-ga/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T10:37:07.139Z","startingPrice":{"amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"name":"PaaS","summary":"$0.01667/vCPU-hr, billed per second","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hr"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01667,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Managed cloud infrastructure with pay-as-you-go pricing"},{"name":"BYOC","summary":"Cloud provider charges plus $0.01389/vCPU-hr and $0.00139/GB-hr management fee","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hr"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01389,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-hr"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00139,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Bring Your Own Cloud with management fee"}],"summary":"From $0.01667/vCPU-hr (PaaS, billed per second). BYOC available with management fees from $0.01389/vCPU-hr.","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-22T14:39:40.468Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"GB-hr","amount":0.00139,"currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | high | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":500,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":0.00139,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.heroku.com/blog/security-rails-active-storage/ | - |

## Capabilities (PaaS & Hosting)

| Capability | Heroku | Northflank |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deploy** |  |  |
| Git-push auto-deploy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deploy arbitrary container image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-PR preview environments | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Build system | Buildpacks | Buildpacks |
| Runtime / language breadth | Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP | Polyglot; any language or framework |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Autoscaling | Horizontal | Horizontal |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Geographic reach | Multi-region | Multi-region |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:05:22.931Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*