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Heroku vs Scalingo Comparison (2026)

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Scalingo

Overview

Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) designed for developers and teams to build, deliver, monitor, and scale modern apps. Heroku offers integrated tools, services, and workflows to help organizations of all sizes to maximize individual and team productivity, and deliver apps more quickly.

Scalingo is a hosting company that uses the full potential of the cloud to provide its customers with scalable applications. As with conventional hosting, Scalingo provides developers with storage space and a database.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

305

196

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

84%

would recommend this app

4.9

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

89%

would recommend this app

Pros

“You simply have your app running locally, Now you don’t want to reinstall everything on a server you manage.”

Edgar H.

Business owner and programmer

“With a simple website with a database and some redis, you’ll probably pay 80€/month”

Edgar H.

Business owner and programmer

“Its pricing model is based on the amount of resources (e.g. memory, CPU) used by your application, and can quickly add up as your application grows and scales.”

Efezino U.

Software Developer

Pros

“Scalingo provides a stable, well-documented, and developer-friendly environment that makes deployments easy and predictable. While the interface could be more modern and feature-rich, the platform delivers on its core promise: reliable hosting with strong data sovereignty in France.”

Samir B.

Fullstack developer

“It could be nice to be able to shut down an app completely to save money when the app is not needed.”

Pierre C.

CTO

“The deployment simplicity and responsive customer support are great assets of Scalingo.”

Victor R.

Product Tech Lead

Cons

“Had issues in deploying web apps that occurred bugs and tracking logs could use some improvements.”