--- title: "Heroku vs AWS" url: https://daily.dev/posts/heroku-vs-aws-h4cmh76rp source_url: https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/heroku-vs-aws/ type: article source: "Honeybadger" published: 2026-04-09T01:48:44.642Z updated: 2026-04-09T01:49:09.594Z tags: ["aws", "devops", "heroku"] reading_time: 14 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Heroku vs AWS **[Honeybadger](https://daily.dev/sources/honeybadger)** · 14 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A detailed comparison of Heroku and AWS for application hosting, covering deployment workflows, pricing models, scaling approaches, and operational overhead. Heroku offers Git-push simplicity and managed infrastructure as a PaaS, while AWS provides granular control via EC2, ECS Fargate, Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk. Includes concrete cost breakdowns for a sample Node.js/React app (~$140/month on Heroku vs ~$93-97/month on AWS), scaling configuration examples, migration steps from Heroku to AWS, and guidance on when to use each platform or a hybrid approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Hosting options to deploy a Ruby app](https://daily.dev/posts/hosting-options-to-deploy-a-ruby-app-m0gk09juw) · Ruby Flow · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [PaaS \+ IaaS: Heroku and AWS for Cloud-Native Enterprise Agility](https://daily.dev/posts/paas-iaas-heroku-and-aws-for-cloud-native-enterprise-agility-tfsou6jpd) · Heroku · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Heroku vs. Kubernetes](https://daily.dev/posts/heroku-vs-kubernetes-3qe3cuskq) · Honeybadger · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#heroku](https://daily.dev/tags/heroku) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/heroku-vs-aws-h4cmh76rp)