The Showdown
Herokuvslastbackend
Why pay monthly fees for Heroku when you can self-host lastbackend for free? Let's look at the facts.
VS
Heroku
The Expensive Option
- Closed Source (Black box)
- Expensive monthly fees per user
- Data stored on their servers
WINNER
lastbackend
The Freedom Choice
- 100% Open Source Code
- Free forever (Self-hosted)
- You own your data completely
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10 people
150100200+
$
*Estimated standard pricing for Heroku. Adjust if needed.
Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
Calculations based on 10 users at $12/mo.
Detailed Breakdown
0
Proprietary dyno-based scaling
Horizontal scaling across any hardware
1
Managed buildpacks
Git-push to deploy on self-hosted nodes
2
Data resides on provider servers
Full data and cluster control