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Heroku vs SAP Business Technology Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

Heroku
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
16th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Business Technology Pla...
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
IoT Platforms (2nd), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Heroku is 2.8%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Business Technology Platform is 5.7%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP Business Technology Platform5.7%
Heroku2.8%
Other91.5%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Cristian-Molina - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Frederic Hautecoeur - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Integrations Architect at bs-team
Event-based data exchange has improved integrations but analytics and support remain weak
SAP Cloud Platform is a strong part of their offering. They are very poor in the analytics area. You do not have much available. If you want to have analytics, you have to do everything yourself. Everything is very expensive, so it is not helping with the infrastructure costs. There is a lot of latency and glitches. The support is very difficult and not really helpful. The fact is you are completely losing control of the infrastructure. If something bad happens, there is nothing you can really do. You have to ask the support and the support will answer when they want or when they can.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"My advice for anybody who is considering Heroku is that it's really simple to use, it's stable, and it is very powerful for continuous deployment."
"Thanks to Heroku, we don't need to do as much direct management in AWS."
"Lots of integrations"
"The product is stable."
"Valuable for us was the fast deployment. This means the time to market is improved without pain for developers."
"I like the tool's scalability, CLI, and dashboards."
"Easy, fast, fun, and extendable."
"At the moment the most valuable aspects of the solution are the project management and finance features."
"It’s great that we have the entire suite of SAP at our fingertips."
"My advice to anyone who is doing such a thing right now is not to listen to the old reputation of SAP in terms of complexity and difficulty in deployment."
"The pre-delivered content from the SAP cloud platform is definitely a strength."
"The platform is extremely scalable."
"SAP has provided very good support."
"I can vouch for the stability; it’s reliable, the performance is good, there are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn’t crash or freeze."
"The features I found most valuable are the integration options."
 

Cons

"I had an issue recently where my site was down intermittently for unknown reasons. I posted a ticket and 5 days have gone by without any resolution."
"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."
"There is an issue because Heroku supports Docker container images, but not if you're using the continuous integration infrastructure."
"We would like to be notified when something goes wrong in the process. When something is not working, we should get an alert."
"It's pricing is a little high and could be lowered."
"I have an issue with the session server in terms of how it can scale, and where I can put my sessions."
"We have to do daily restarts of some processes, which is annoying, and the support for custom CI could be better."
"Heroku should increase its slug size limits."
"The current pricing model is credit-based. We would like to have more information about the usage of the existing applications."
"This product needs a lot of improvement and should be simplified."
"For some of our customers, the product is too costly to purchase all the components or services."
"SAP offers very little flexibility in its licensing structure."
"We have had bad experiences or negative ones in performance and with the functionality."
"I can’t speak to features that may be missing."
"Regarding cost, if you consider the SAP Cloud Platform, it is a little bit on the higher side. Whatever we want to purchase, it is in lakhs of rupees or crores only."
"The solution's document management system on the cloud is a bit slow, and document uploading takes time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is very good."
"The tool is free."
"I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."
"The price of Heroku could be less expensive."
"There is a standard fee for a processing unit, they call them "dynos," and then you pay for add-ons."
"SAP Cloud Platform costs $2 to $5 per hour, while I found other platforms way more affordable. You have to pay per use, though that's fine because that means the cost is flexible."
"SAP Cloud Platform is generally more expensive than the other options."
"I discovered that the SAP Cloud Platform is affordable, contrary to the impression that it's expensive. The pricing for extra packages or messages is quite reasonable, especially for things like message throughput and processing."
"The price of the solution depends on the package that is purchased. There are many packages to choose from. The packages are not overly expensive."
"The product's pricing varies and depends on the customers' needs."
"Cost-wise, I'm unsure of how expensive the SAP Cloud Platform is."
"The tool could get too pricey...Small enterprises that want to leverage the tool's features will have difficulty in utilizing the solution."
"SAP's pricing is usually high compared to the competition. But this is also justified because they hold their products and services to quite high standards."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise27
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Cloud Platform?
The pricing is not suitable for small or medium organizations. Price and features are concerns.
 

Also Known As

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SAP HANA Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things, SAP Cloud Platform
 

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