# Heroku vs Porter

| Attribute | Heroku | Porter |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.9 (48% (low)) | 59.6 (33% (low)) |
| 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","runtimes":"Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"buildpacks","git_push_deploy":true,"container_deploy":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 | 3 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Twilio"},{"name":"Salesforce"}]` | `[{"name":"Tailscale"},{"name":"Helicone"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Temporal"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"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 | - | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | - | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## 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 |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Geographic reach | - | 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:39:22.878Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*