kiae
The premium Open Source alternative to Heroku
🎯 Best for:Companies migrating off Heroku to K8s
What is kiae?
A cloud platform abstraction layer that replaces Heroku by running on top of your own Kubernetes cluster. It leverages Istio for traffic management to provide a PaaS-like experience with enterprise-grade orchestration.
Tech Stack
GoDevOps & CI/CD
Why kiae?
- • Enterprise-grade traffic management
- • Native Kubernetes integration
- • High scalability
Limitations
- • High complexity (Requires K8s)
- • Steep learning curve
- • Resource heavy (Istio)
12/16/2025
Last Update
1
Forks
5
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Heroku)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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