We performed a comparison between Google Cloud and Heroku based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two PaaS Clouds solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Google Meet is simple to use regarding configuration and recording sessions."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"It is a stable solution."
"The availability of content on the solution is very valuable."
"For us, the solution is very easy to use. We have the right skillsets for it."
"Simple to use on the web, and makes things easy for a software developer."
"It's a perfect tool for startups."
"The solution is fairly easy to deploy."
"We use Heroku to run generic data. We also use it for our customer development environment. It helps us to build and test websites."
"The most valuable feature of Heroku is the continuous integration and applications it provides."
"I like the tool's scalability, CLI, and dashboards."
"The platform is very Node.js-friendly, which is something that is important to us."
"Valuable for us was the fast deployment. This means the time to market is improved without pain for developers."
"It is easy to deploy applications, and we don't need to bother about software updates on the server. We don't need to bother about machines, servers, and hardware. We only need to care about the system and functionality that we need or want to develop. They take care of everything else. It provides high availability. It is a pretty good solution that provides everything that we need. It has everything that we need to run our applications. We have many different applications, and we generate three million bills for a company in Brazil. We see more than a billion requests per day in another application. Everything works just fine, and it is very good."
"What I found most valuable about this solution is that it's easy to use and integrate with GitHub actions."
"One of the best things about Heroku is that it is very easy and straightforward to deploy an application."
"Google Cloud could improve by having better integration with other platforms."
"I would like to see an increase in storage with Google Cloud."
"The management side for the database needs some work. Currently, you do everything from the APP. It would be nice to have an interface where you can go in and maintain data and deal with records and do something online."
"Google Cloud would benefit from more detailed practical hands-on training especially in your mother tongue, not just English."
"Training in new advancements, technologies, or AI would help us understand how to best use the solution."
"The product could always be a little bit less expensive."
"The product must provide AI features."
"I would like for this solution to improve its user interface and documentation."
"Heroku should increase its slug size limits."
"We would like to be notified when something goes wrong in the process. When something is not working, we should get an alert."
"Their support is good, but they can improve their response time."
"I improved the application performance by monitoring and adjusting the cleaner configuration to help set better lightweight limits on containers that run the app instances."
"The tool's configuration is complex."
"We don't find the pipelines intuitive. The user experience could be better. Having to set up multiple apps, then a pipeline, seems like an overkill on the amount of work to do."
"Heroku had an authentication problem a few months ago, but they solved it."
"They could flesh out some of their analytics a little more."
Google Cloud is ranked 5th in PaaS Clouds with 66 reviews while Heroku is ranked 13th in PaaS Clouds with 28 reviews. Google Cloud is rated 8.2, while Heroku is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud writes "Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Heroku writes "Used for server deployment and provides auto maintenance of databases". Google Cloud is most compared with Alibaba Cloud, Linode, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, whereas Heroku is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Amazon Lightsail. See our Google Cloud vs. Heroku report.
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