I still use “the like” for most of my projects but not Heroku specifically. I love Heroku’s service but for a small bootstrapped company it’s really expensive.

I still use “the like” for most of my projects but not Heroku specifically. I love Heroku’s service but for a small bootstrapped company it’s really expensive. Specifically I use dokku on a DO droplet. It does mean I have to manage the server myself which Heroku removes from the user, but again for a small company it’s just one server so it’s maybe an hour or two a month I spend on server admin. But my monthly cost for 15 projects running 24/7 is $10, compared to $100+ on Heroku. It’s not a huge difference if you’re funded or have a very profitable business, but my margins are thinner than I could afford with Heroku.