Heroku

Pros

Why teams pick it

Cons

Where it gives ground

• Pricing is no longer competitive with modern alternatives after the removal of the free tier and introduction of higher base costs.
• Build and deploy speeds lag behind Vercel, Railway, and Fly.io for most modern web workloads.
• The broader ecosystem has moved toward edge-first, container-native, and serverless patterns that Heroku does not prioritize.
• No native preview environments, limited edge support, and weaker framework-specific optimizations compared to newer platforms.