Heroku as a highly abstracted PAAS built over AWS should definitely make it easier for beginners. AWS is there if you need to hit the metal any time. Also the c

Heroku as a highly abstracted PAAS built over AWS should definitely make it easier for beginners. AWS is there if you need to hit the metal any time. Also the cost of Heroku abstraction is the flexibility you sacrifice in order to get things off the ground faster. You also lose out on new services introduced on AWS regularly or have to wait till similar functionality is available on Heroku.