GitHub vs Heroku
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| GitHub | Heroku | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Repository hosting, code review, and collaboration github.com | The Cloud Application Platform For Building, Deploying, and Scaling Apps heroku.com |
| Starting at | $ 4 USD Team · per user / month free plan listed | Not observed |
| Deployment | Not observed | PaaS heroku.com |
| Integrations | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud github.com | Data Cloud, Salesforce CRM, Heroku Postgres, Apache Kafka on Heroku, Heroku Connect, Heroku Key-Value Store, Judoscale Universal Autoscaler, Heroku Scheduler, Cloudinary - Image and Video Management, Knapsack Pro, DocRaptor heroku.com |
| Compliance | SOC 2 github.com | HIPAA heroku.com |
| Free plan | Yes github.com | Not observed |
| Plans | Enterprise, Free, Team github.com | Eco, dyno-4c-8gb heroku.com |
| Pricing basis | per user / month github.com | Not observed |
| Customers (their claim) | Used by more than 90% of the Fortune 100 github.com | Not observed |
Where they differ
- GitHub’s pages state a free plan; AirStack has not found that on Heroku’s pages.
- Heroku claims HIPAA on its own pages; GitHub’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- GitHub claims SOC 2 on its own pages; Heroku’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.