Heroku is in sustaining engineering mode. Railway, Render, and Fly.io are all self-serve. vmfarms is not — we handle the migration, the ops, the on-call, and the 3AM incidents. You ship code. We keep it running.
Heroku’s value was never the platform. It was the operational responsibility it absorbed. When you move to Railway or Render, you get a deployment platform. When something breaks at 3AM, you get a ticket. When your database is slow, you go back to reading documentation. When you move to vmfarms, you get a team.
| What Heroku gave you | What vmfarms gives you |
|---|---|
| Git-push deploys | Git-push deploys (Docker-native) |
| Managed Postgres, Redis | Managed Postgres, MySQL, Redis — dedicated, not shared |
| Dyno restarts, log drains | Container orchestration with zero-downtime rolling updates |
| Add-on marketplace | Full-stack bundled: WAF, secrets management, observability, CI/CD |
| Support tickets | 24/7 human on-call — we answer when things break |
| Shared cloud infrastructure | Dedicated bare-metal Proxmox hypervisors — you’re not sharing compute |
| US East / EU West | Canadian data residency — PIPEDA-ready, no US CLOUD Act exposure |
We know why you haven’t migrated yet. It’s not the app code. It’s the database. Moving 200GB of Postgres with live traffic, no downtime tolerance, and a team that’s never done it before is genuinely scary. Every PaaS migration guide skips this part. We don’t skip it. We do it for you.
We review your Heroku stack, identify dependencies, estimate timeline. No commitment — just an honest assessment of what migration involves.
We stand up your app on vmfarms infrastructure in staging and validate everything works before touching production.
We use logical replication to keep your Postgres in sync during cutover — no extended downtime windows, no data loss risk.
We coordinate the switchover at a time you choose. You stay in control of the schedule.
We monitor your stack intensively for two weeks post-migration and fix anything that surfaces. Your team focuses on shipping.
It’s free. For teams migrating from Heroku before July 2026, the migration service is included. No extra charge.
Actual Heroku costs are higher once you add the add-ons that come bundled with vmfarms. The comparison below reflects a typical mid-size app stack.
| Stack component | Heroku (per month) | vmfarms (per month) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 web dynos (Standard-2X) | $100 | ~$120 all included |
| Heroku Postgres (Standard-0) | $50 | |
| Heroku Redis (Premium-0) | $30 | |
| Papertrail logging | $10 | |
| SSL, custom domain | $20 | |
| Total | $210/mo | ~$120/mo |
Your dedicated hardware, your data — not shared infrastructure. Flat pricing, no usage surprises.
Everything bundled at one price. No add-on marketplace, no per-feature charges.
Docker Swarm on dedicated Proxmox hypervisors. No noisy neighbors, no shared compute.
Postgres, MySQL, Redis — fully managed, backed up, monitored. Not shared add-ons.
Automated builds and rolling deployments with zero-downtime updates.
Trivy CVE scanning, Wazuh SIEM, and Velociraptor EDR — all pre-configured.
Coraza WAF + CrowdSec for traffic protection, running in front of your apps.
Infisical-backed. No plaintext secrets in environment variables or config files.
Dashboards, logs, and metrics — all pre-configured, no setup required.
Daily backups with point-in-time recovery. We test restores, not just runs.
AI-powered autonomous incident response with human escalation. Someone answers at 3AM.
For teams migrating from Heroku before July 1, 2026.
No commitment. We’ll give you an honest timeline and cost estimate.
Book a free 30-minute migration assessment. We’ll review your stack, answer your questions, and give you a clear timeline and cost estimate. No pressure — just an honest conversation.
Or email us directly at migrations@vmfarms.com