Heroku vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) comparison

Heroku and Oracle are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Heroku is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.7. Heroku holds a 2.6% mindshare in PSP, compared to Oracle’s 7.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Heroku users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Heroku and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure are cloud platforms competing in cloud development and deployment. Despite Heroku's pricing and customer support, OCI's robust features and value appear superior.

Features: Heroku offers an intuitive platform for rapid application deployment, numerous add-ons, and seamless scalability. OCI provides comprehensive cloud services, greater computational power, and advanced security, making it ideal for large-scale enterprise solutions.

Room for Improvement: Heroku could improve in areas such as enhanced enterprise capabilities, more robust security features, and broader infrastructure integration support. OCI might need enhancements in user interface simplicity, reduced complexity in setup, and more flexible pricing for smaller businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Heroku enables straightforward deployment with accessible customer service, facilitating rapid application launches and resolution. OCI requires more advanced configuration but offers extensive documentation and robust enterprise-level customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Heroku's setup cost is generally lower, providing quicker ROI for smaller applications and startups. OCI's competitive pricing models for large-scale deployments deliver significant long-term ROI for enterprises.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Heroku

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure...

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

4th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (3rd), Container Registry (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Heroku is 2.6%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is 7.1%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Faizan Haider

Senior Software Engineer at Aldaim Solutions

Used for server deployment and provides auto maintenance of databases

Heroku is deployed on the cloud. We can deploy our private and public projects over at Heroku. Most of the time, when we are starting any new project from scratch, we have to implement our MVP for that project or the core idea. We are unsure how our traffic flow will go or the actual production environment requirements. We don't want to spend the most on the server sites, so then we can use it with our go-to plan for Heroku, and all the resources are available in the basic plan with the minimum expenses. So, it helps us to deploy and make our features available online at the minimum cost. Once we know our needs, we can add the professional add-ons and shift it to another platform. Heroku supports any resource listed in the marketplace. We just have to deploy our AI solutions, and Heroku can also support AI projects. I would recommend the solution to other users. I advise users not to purchase extra add-ons but to make scalable resources so that they can use all the resources efficiently. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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PuneetKaura

Vice President of Sales and Operations at Aquila Clouds

Suitable for OCI environment but needs to improve pricing

We haven’t had any problems with the setup of Oracle. The deployment will take less than seven to ten days since it can give good reports. For deployment, we first need to understand the customer requirements and build the architecture around the deployment. We have the customer sign off on it and then go into the software deployment side. This is the proper life cycle of how to do it in the enterprise space. There are a lot of thoughts around the initial way or how we need to structure and architect the environment. For enterprises, it is a complex process. It will take one to two months to have all the sign-offs before we can go into implementation. It is followed across all the installations. I rate the initial setup of the solution a ten out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"What I found most valuable about this solution is that it's easy to use and integrate with GitHub actions."

"The platform is very Node.js-friendly, which is something that is important to us."

"Thanks to Heroku, we don't need to do as much direct management in AWS."

"We use Heroku to run generic data. We also use it for our customer development environment. It helps us to build and test websites."

"One of the best things about Heroku is that it is very easy and straightforward to deploy an application."

"I like the tool's scalability, CLI, and dashboards."

"It is easy to deploy applications, and we don't need to bother about software updates on the server. We don't need to bother about machines, servers, and hardware. We only need to care about the system and functionality that we need or want to develop. They take care of everything else. It provides high availability. It is a pretty good solution that provides everything that we need. It has everything that we need to run our applications. We have many different applications, and we generate three million bills for a company in Brazil. We see more than a billion requests per day in another application. Everything works just fine, and it is very good."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the auto maintenance of databases."

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"Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is about as stable as the other CSPs, but Oracle Cloud is more common in Korea."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the high level of performance for the databases."

"Oracle Cloud has wonderful features and offerings as a service. It's not just a pure-play cloud product or SaaS application. It has a complete suite from infrastructure to platform as a service to software as a service, and this is what I find most valuable in Oracle Cloud. For infrastructure on the cloud or infrastructure as a service on the cloud, there's OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure). Oracle Cloud is easily available. You just click it. I also found the feature of creating a landing zone valuable. Oracle Cloud is also very flexible as it lets you have a hybrid cloud model along with other cloud solutions. I also like that it offers good management on the cloud. Oracle Cloud is ready to use as a service, and that's wonderful because the time to market is very quick. I also like that Oracle Cloud offers high performance and high availability. A lot of people claim that there's high availability in their companies' cloud operations, but technically speaking, pure high availability in today's context is found in Oracle Cloud."

"We use Oracle Cloud to host the OIC (Oracle Integration Cloud Service) and APEX."

"The solution is stable."

"The pricing isn't too bad."

"I find the interface to be great."

"Oracle is valuable for improving performance and addressing issues between the nodes of clusters for private IPs. It provides a private connection between the client and the security cluster."

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Cons

"They could flesh out some of their analytics a little more."

"The pricing could be improved because scaling the database becomes costly."

"Heroku should increase its slug size limits."

"We have to do daily restarts of some processes, which is annoying, and the support for custom CI could be better."

"We don't find the pipelines intuitive. The user experience could be better. Having to set up multiple apps, then a pipeline, seems like an overkill on the amount of work to do."

"I think this solution would be improved if free demos were available indefinitely."

"I improved the application performance by monitoring and adjusting the cleaner configuration to help set better lightweight limits on containers that run the app instances."

"Their support is good, but they can improve their response time."

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"Oracle Cloud's price is very high."

"Portability of the VMware environment into the Oracle Cloud should be made more simple."

"Lacking in additional PaaS services."

"It could be improved on the user-friendly side."

"The solution’s support could be improved."

"The solution could always be less expensive."

"Oracle Cloud's support could be improved because its second-line support has weak engineers who handle stuff a little bit slowly."

"More technical papers could be published to help out professionals."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is free."

"I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."

"There is a standard fee for a processing unit, they call them "dynos," and then you pay for add-ons."

"Its price is very good."

"The price of Heroku could be less expensive."

"The product offers a subscription-based licensing model."

"Make sure you read the fine print."

"The price for Oracle Cloud may seem expensive, but if you start comparing features and what Oracle offers, you'll realize that the pricing for Oracle Cloud is competitive. If you consider every aspect of Oracle Cloud, you'll see that its price tag is reasonable because it has a good user interface, user experience, and management. Oracle Cloud is a sophisticated infrastructure and the level of management it allows you to enjoy isn't available in other solutions, so I wouldn't worry about needing to invest huge money into it because it's a wonderful product to use."

"I rate Oracle Cloud three to four out of ten on a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"The cost may be a bit high for many potential users."

"Its pricing is complex, but as partners, we can get away with quite a bit of discounting because we deal with them directly. I would rate their pricing probably a one or two out of five because they're quite expensive. Microsoft Azure will probably be the cheapest because depending on the Microsoft product that you have, they have some sort of bundling. There are things that they give you to get you onto Azure. AWS is probably somewhere in the middle."

"The solution is overpriced."

"The product’s pricing is reasonable compared to other tools in the market."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Educational Organization

University

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Heroku?

I like the tool's scalability, CLI, and dashboards.

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What needs improvement with Heroku?

I don't like that the web server crashes every day, every 24 hours. The pricing could be improved because scaling the database becomes costly. The Docker features are not great. You cannot use any ...

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What is your primary use case for Heroku?

We use the solution for web applications and web APIs.

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What are the biggest differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors?

Differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud,w and SAP SuccessFactors:w Oracle: "simple interface and deep customization to suit the purpose." SAP: Multiple functionalities that increase process effi...

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What do you like most about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry?

It's reliable, performs well, and is often faster than running applications on separate machines due to optimized performance and networking capabilities within OCI.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry?

They could improve their global presence and marketing strategy to compete effectively with the likes of AWS. Additionally, their support team has a slow response time, which is not as great as oth...

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Overview

Established in 2007, Heroku is a cloud application platform providing a streamlined, efficient place for web app developers to create and deploy their applications. Heroku is designed to maximize developer productivity. With the entire web application development process available on the Herokucloud, creating and rolling out web apps has been made more efficient, convenient, and cost-effective than ever before.

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Cloud services where you need them

Your need for sovereignty, compliance, and location-specific performance should not limit your access to the latest cloud innovations. OCI gives you access to a full portfolio of cloud services wherever you need them. With a wide range of cloud options, including on-premises, dedicated Cloud@Customer, hybrid, multicloud solutions such as Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, or public cloud, OCI’s distributed cloud portfolio—available across regions worldwide—solves your toughest business challenges.

Optimize enterprise applications without costly rearchitecture

When modernizing your enterprise apps, abandoning core technology isn’t feasible or necessary for success. OCI is built to address the unique requirements of performance-sensitive on-premises applications and other traditional enterprise apps—scale-up architectures, ultralow-latency networks, built-in security, and clustering of resources for availability in the cloud without risky and costly application refactoring. Additionally, OCI's specialized migration tools and programs facilitate easy transitioning.

Build and run cloud native or third-party apps with open source tools

Modern enterprises deserve the flexibility and freedom to choose from the various frameworks, clouds, and services available. Be it Postgres, SQL Server, Windows Server, VMware, or Kubernetes, OCI services are designed to easily run third-party, open source applications or to build cloud native applications. Our broad open source partner ecosystem enables you to bring apps to market faster, easily innovate, and scale.

Harness your data to uncover new business value

Data drives your business. Whether you’re building next-gen social applications or online games or seeking better outcomes from decades of healthcare data, making data work is getting harder. OCI services such as Oracle MySQL Heatwave and Oracle Autonomous Database service support all your data models, remove data silos, converge data for efficiency, and analyze data—helping you unlock business potential without sacrificing security and governance controls.

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