AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs Heroku

AWS Elastic Beanstalk9.1Visit Heroku8.9Visit

Higher score AWS Elastic Beanstalk #4 in Managed Cloud Hosting 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit AWS

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Heroku #6 in Managed Cloud Hosting 8.9/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Heroku

• AWS Elastic Beanstalk fits best

  AWS-managed application environments

• Heroku fits best

  Mature platform application hosting

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Elastic Beanstalk 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Heroku 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.9
Ranking	#4 in Managed Cloud Hosting	#6 in Managed Cloud Hosting
Best for	AWS-managed application environments	Mature platform application hosting
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Free plan	$5/unit/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Community	Email, Tickets, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS
Integrations	7 integrations	200+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Beanstalk 0/2 · Heroku 0/2
Staging sites	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free migration	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Backup retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Included storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Included bandwidth	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Support coverage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Managed provisioning, scaling, load balancing, and health monitoring Supports web servers, worker tiers, and Docker containers Integrates with EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, and more	Git, GitHub, Docker, and CI-based deployment Pipelines, Review Apps, release history, and rollback Managed data services, APIs, and extensive logging
Cons	No free plan is available Underlying AWS resources are billed separately Support depends on the selected AWS Support plan	No free plan Eco dynos sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity Self-hosted deployment is not supported
Our verdict	AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a managed application deployment service for teams running web applications and services in AWS Cloud. Developers upload application code, select a supported platform, and Elastic Beanstalk provisions resources… Read the review →	Heroku is a managed platform as a service for developers and teams building, deploying, running, and scaling web applications and APIs. Applications run in managed dynos, with deployment options spanning Git, GitHub, Docker, and continuous… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• AWS Elastic Beanstalk — where it wins

  • Managed provisioning, scaling, load balancing, and health monitoring
  • Supports web servers, worker tiers, and Docker containers
  • Integrates with EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, and more

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Underlying AWS resources are billed separately
  • Support depends on the selected AWS Support plan

• Heroku — where it wins

  • Git, GitHub, Docker, and CI-based deployment
  • Pipelines, Review Apps, release history, and rollback
  • Managed data services, APIs, and extensive logging

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Eco dynos sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity
  • Self-hosted deployment is not supported

• AWS Elastic Beanstalk9.1/10 · Free plan

  A managed AWS deployment service with scaling, monitoring, and environment controls.

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• Heroku8.9/10 · Paid

  A mature managed runtime for teams deploying web applications and APIs.

  Visit HerokuFull verdict →