Heroku vs Pantheon comparison

Heroku and Pantheon are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Heroku is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0, while Pantheon is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.5. Heroku holds a 3.2% mindshare in PSP, compared to Pantheon’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Heroku users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Pantheon users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Heroku and Pantheon are in the cloud platform category for developer and website management needs. Heroku is favored for its support and pricing, while Pantheon's features justify its cost for many tech buyers.

Features: Heroku provides a robust environment for diverse app deployments with a variety of add-ons. Pantheon focuses on website hosting with optimized workflows for WordPress and Drupal. Heroku is versatile in app deployments, while Pantheon specializes in web hosting.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Heroku has a flexible deployment model with strong documentation and support for smooth app launches. Pantheon's deployment system includes tools tailored for web projects, such as automated updates and version control. Pantheon enhances deployment efficiency with web-centric tools.

Pricing and ROI: Heroku offers a lower initial setup cost and a pricing model that scales well, providing stable ROI. Pantheon may require a higher initial investment but offers significant ROI through specialized features for high-traffic websites. Heroku focuses on scalability, while Pantheon offers optimized web-centric features.

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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

Pantheon

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

18th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Hosting Services (10th)

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 Pantheon is 0.7%, up from 0.4% 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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Abhinand Gokhala K

Technical Lead at Bigone Technologies

The product is user-friendly and performs well, but it is very costly compared to other tools

We are a software development company. We recommend solutions to our clients, but they ask us to compare it with other solutions. Clients compare the monthly costs of Pantheon with other servers and ask us to create the same environment in dedicated servers. If Pantheon reduces its cost, we can confidently suggest it to clients. Overall, I rate the tool a seven 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

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

"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."

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

"Valuable for us was the fast deployment. This means the time to market is improved without pain for developers."

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

"The product is stable."

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

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

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"Pantheon has the most valuable workflow model."

"The product allows users to create multiple development environments."

Cons

"Heroku should increase its slug size limits."

"The tool's configuration is complex."

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

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

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"The Multidev environment is very costly compared to other tools like AWS and GCP."

"Pantheon has the most valuable workflow model."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is very good."

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

"The tool is free."

"The price of Heroku could be less expensive."

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

"The platform has reasonable pricing compared to other systems."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

University

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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 Pantheon?

Pantheon has the most valuable workflow model.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pantheon?

The platform has reasonable pricing compared to other systems.

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What needs improvement with Pantheon?

Pantheon's design is not familiar to use. It could be more user-friendly.

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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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Pantheon is the world’s fastest hosting for Drupal and WordPress. It comes down to our super-efficient container-based platform. Multiple independent benchmarks have compared Pantheon with other providers, and we consistently come out on top.

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