Heroku's platform enters maintenance mode in February 2026. PandaStack runs the same Git-push workflow — reads $PORT the same way, provisions Postgres in seconds, and gives every pull request a live preview URL. Most apps move in an afternoon.
Free tier, no card — evaluate the whole migration before you commit.
Your Heroku setup, mapped
Each Heroku primitive maps to a shipped PandaStack feature — nothing on this table is a roadmap item.
| On Heroku | On PandaStack | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| Dynos | Web services | Containers with autoscaling and scale-to-zero — idle services cost nothing. |
| Heroku Postgres | Managed PostgreSQL | Provisioned in seconds. Automatic backups, one-click restore, engine metrics. |
| Heroku Scheduler | Cron jobs | Any cron expression, run history, failure alerts. |
| Review Apps | Preview environments | Every PR gets a live URL posted on the PR — torn down on merge. |
| Buildpacks | Framework auto-detect | 15+ frameworks detected from your repo. Or bring a Dockerfile. |
| Pipelines & rollback | Instant rollbacks | Every deploy is kept. One click points production at any previous build. |
| Add-ons | Integrations | Connect databases, caches, and third-party services from the catalog. |
No wrapper CLI, no proprietary manifest — your repo and the standard database tools.
Sign in, pick the repo you deploy to Heroku today. PandaStack auto-detects the framework and build — the same app, no Procfile required.
PandaStack injects PORT and HOST just like Heroku. If your app already reads process.env.PORT (or equivalent), it runs unchanged.
Provision a managed PostgreSQL or MySQL, then pipe your data across with the standard tools:
pg_dump $HEROKU_DATABASE_URL | psql $PANDASTACK_DATABASE_URL
Paste your Heroku config vars into the environment editor — plain vars and encrypted secrets both supported.
Add your custom domain, TLS is automatic. Watch the first deploy in live build logs, then flip DNS when you are happy.
Heroku ended its free tier in November 2022. Ours is free forever — enough to run the migrated app side-by-side with Heroku before you flip DNS.
Usually none. PandaStack injects PORT and HOST the same way Heroku does, auto-detects 15+ frameworks from the repo, and supports Dockerfiles. If your app runs on Heroku from a Git repo, it should build and run here unchanged.
Provision a managed PostgreSQL on PandaStack, then use the standard PostgreSQL tools: pg_dump against your Heroku database URL, piped into psql (or pg_restore) against your PandaStack connection string. Your data never passes through us.
Preview environments. Every pull request gets its own live URL, posted as a comment on the PR, rebuilt on every push and torn down automatically on merge. Available on paid plans.
Yes — 5 web services, 5 static sites, 1 database, 100 GB bandwidth and 300 build minutes per month, free forever. Heroku ended its free tier in November 2022; ours is how you evaluate the migration without a card.
Deploy from GitHub in minutes. The free tier includes static hosting, web services, and a managed database — no credit card required.
npm i -g @pandastack/cli and deploy in 60 seconds