Heroku vs Oracle Developer Cloud Service comparison

Heroku and Oracle are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Heroku is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.0. Heroku holds a 3.2% mindshare in PSP, compared to Oracle’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Heroku users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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87% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Heroku and Oracle Developer Cloud Service are cloud platforms offering solutions for developers. Heroku has the upper hand in pricing and support satisfaction, attracting cost-conscious developers.

Features: Heroku excels in ease of use and integration with third-party services, allowing for seamless scaling and deployment. Oracle Developer Cloud Service offers strong security, integrated development tools, and project management abilities, empowering teams that require sophisticated management.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Heroku simplifies deployment with minimal configuration and provides responsive customer support. Oracle Developer Cloud Service requires more setup but gains from integration with Oracle's suite, benefiting from comprehensive support.

Pricing and ROI: Heroku provides an attractive pricing model with lower initial setup costs, delivering early ROI for startups and SMEs. Oracle Developer Cloud Service involves a higher initial investment but promises greater returns over time for large organizations needing integrated solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

Heroku

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Developer Cloud Service

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

19th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Heroku is 3.2%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Developer Cloud Service is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Cristian-Molina

Senior Developer at Go Coeupas

Has a quick development cycle and continuous integration

The initial setup is straightforward. Heroku integrates well. You only have to push the code, and it automatically deploys the new version. Whether you have permission depends on the application. Currently, I have one application that I deploy myself. I rate the initial setup a nine out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

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Mehdi Hasankhan

Head of Development and Implementation at Arak Petrochemical Company

An easy-to-install tool with good technical support that offers features like map searching and risk management services

The initial setup of Oracle Developer Cloud Service was really easy since it can be done with the request in the cloud, and after that, you can use it directly. I read the initial setup a ten, on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy. The solution is deployed on a public cloud. The deployment process took around a year.

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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

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

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

"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 most valuable feature of Heroku is the continuous integration and applications it provides."

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

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

"It's easy to push a change and to deploy new things."

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

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"With the multi-tenant architecture, you can migrate many databases to one instance. This saves a lot of money and administrative work."

"The solution's technical support is really good."

"The APEX solution is the most interesting part of the Oracle Developer Service. APEX is the most cost-effective and most popular service for developers. Kubernetes and Docker services are also important and very much cost-effective, and helpful for developers. If we compare Oracle to other cloud services providers, they'll also be cost-effective. The financial involvement is also a good point because other cloud services charge for Docker and Kubernetes solutions. Oracle's offering is almost free. They only charge for the VM or virtual machine. This is also an interesting part for the developers as well."

Cons

"We would like to be notified when something goes wrong in the process. When something is not working, we should get an alert."

"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."

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

"Heroku should increase its slug size limits."

"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."

"Heroku doesn't support Docker images on the CI infrastructure."

"Heroku had an authentication problem a few months ago, but they solved it."

More Heroku cons

"Sometimes, I lose the cursor in the editor, and it disappears for no reason. It's hard to guess where I'm in the text, and I feel a bit lost."

"Improvements are needed in terms of the usage of the map chart and risk management services."

"t would be better if the open-source databases were managed. Some managed services for open-source databases are available in other cloud solutions, but Oracle doesn't have any. They should provision more managed services for open-source databases like MongoDB and PostgreSQL. These types of managed database services should be available in Oracle Cloud Service and others. There are other technical issues like the CDN network that is not directly configured to Oracle and needs support from a third party. There are also some services available in AWS and Azure that should be included in Oracle Cloud Service."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The tool is free."

"Its price is very good."

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

"The price of Heroku could be less expensive."

"Oracle Developer Cloud Service isn't an expensive product. It's definitely cheaper than any other enterprise cloud solution."

"I rate the pricing two on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

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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 do you like most about Oracle Developer Cloud Service?

The solution's technical support is really good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Developer Cloud Service?

It is free of charge.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Developer Cloud Service?

It's an old tool, and because it's free, there aren't many great changes. I'm fine with the features that are already there. But there is room for improvement in the performance of this product.

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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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Want to easily develop your apps in a fully provisioned environment that helps you code, test, deploy, and then manage them in the cloud? Then start today, by using Oracle Developer Cloud Service.

- Effortless Project Management

- Teamwork Through Integrated Tools

- What You Need, Before You Need It

- From Just an Idea, to Product Release

Within a robust and secure platform, your teams use the best industry-standard tools as part of a reliable and integrated infrastructure provided by Oracle Developer Cloud Service. This is all there for you for the life of your entire development process.

Oracle Developer Cloud Service smoothly and invisibly integrates your development environment with the latest versions of other services in Oracle Cloud, such as Oracle Java Cloud Service and Oracle Database Cloud Service.

For more information on Oracle Developer Cloud Service, visit Oracle.com

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