Heroku alternatives
TL;DR: 12 companies doing similar work to Heroku in B2B, ranked by how closely they match what Heroku actually does — not just by category.
How this list was built: every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Heroku. They are scored on how closely their own description overlaps with Heroku's, and all facts shown come from the YC company records — nothing is estimated.
What are the best alternatives to Heroku?
| Alternative | What it does | Batch | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insoshi | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| Fithub | — | Winter 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Interstate | Create & Share Product Roadmaps | Summer 2011 | 2 | Inactive |
| GoScale | Dynamical Scaling Virtual Machines as a Service | Summer 2012 | 2 | Inactive |
| primitive | communication for agents | Spring 2026 | 4 | Active |
| Dialogus | voice AI agents that learn how your company actually works | Summer 2026 | 3 | Active |
| Proxino | Javascript proxy. | Summer 2011 | — | Inactive |
| Compose | We make it easy to run databases. PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB,… | Summer 2011 | 51 | Acquired |
| PhoneSys | The Phone System for Sales Teams. | Summer 2011 | 4 | Inactive |
| Orgo | Computers for Agents | Fall 2026 | — | Active |
| Convox | Open-source tools for deploying, managing, and monitoring cloud… | Summer 2015 | 3 | Acquired |
| Docker | Software development platform. | Summer 2010 | 201 | Active |
Is Heroku still active?
Heroku has been acquired, which often means pricing, roadmap or support changes. That is the usual reason people start looking at this list.
How was this list put together?
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Heroku. They are then ranked on how closely their own description overlaps with Heroku's, so the closest matches come first rather than whoever happens to share a tag.