# Heroku vs Porter

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Heroku

| Attribute | Heroku | Porter |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 67.1 (73% (medium)) | 56.5 (33% (low)) |
| 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":"A platform-as-a-service that manages application deployment, scaling, and infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure. Handles CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and cluster management automatically while running on your own cloud account. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://www.porter.run/pricing","question":"What is Porter?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Porter is a paid product; published pricing starts at $6 per month. It is sold across 2 plans (Standard and Enterprise). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.porter.run/pricing","question":"How much does Porter cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Porter. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.porter.run/pricing","question":"What platforms does Porter support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Porter 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://www.porter.run/pricing","question":"Can Porter be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for Porter, including Tailscale, Helicone, Grafana, Temporal and GitHub Actions. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.porter.run/pricing","question":"What does Porter integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and HIPAA for Porter. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Porter not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.porter.run/pricing","question":"What security certifications does Porter have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Porter is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.porter.run/pricing","question":"Where is Porter available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":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. | A platform-as-a-service that manages application deployment, scaling, and infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure. Handles CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and cluster management automatically while running on your own cloud account. |
| 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":"JavaScript, Python, Go, and others","autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 5 |
| 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":"Tailscale"},{"name":"Helicone"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Temporal"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"git","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":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":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$6/GB RAM/mo + $13/vCPU/mo, prorated hourly","features":["Deploy from GitHub","Unlimited Applications","Preview Environments","Autoscaling","Jobs & Cron Jobs","Certificate Management","Monitoring","Logging","Custom Autoscaling","Alerting"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB RAM"},"kind":"metered","amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU"},"kind":"metered","amount":13,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay per use with metered billing for compute resources","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Volume discounts available for usage exceeding 40 vCPU or 80GB RAM","features":["Everything in Standard","Premium Support","Advanced RBAC","SAML-based SSO","Custom Alerts","On-Prem Installation"],"description":"Volume discounts and enterprise features for scale (starting at 40 vCPU / 80GB RAM)","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Helicone"}],"summary":"Usage-based: $6/GB RAM + $13/vCPU per month. Enterprise volume discounts available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.porter.run/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:19:32.203Z","startingPrice":{"amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | high | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":500,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":6,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| 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 | Porter |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deploy** |  |  |
| Git-push auto-deploy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deploy arbitrary container image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-PR preview environments | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Build system | Buildpacks | - |
| Runtime / language breadth | Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP | JavaScript, Python, Go, and others |
| **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 2026-10-16T19:29:10.348Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*