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Choosing between two tools? See which one has treated its customers better, from their archived pricing pages.

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Netlify is the safer bet. It beats Heroku on 2 of 6 stability signals.

Stability grade
F · Buyer beware
C · Some creep
Price increases
0
2
Biggest single hike
—
+245%
Plans killed
15
5
Limits tightened
3
0
Free tier
Killed
Intact
History covered
17.3 yrs · 6 snapshots
11.9 yrs · 8 snapshots

Heroku: planning & defense

Contract strategy
Stay month-to-month since historical price adjustments manifest as sudden plan deprecations and tier replacements rather than straightforward percentage increases on existing plans.
Architecture defense
Keep deployment configurations completely portable using containerization standards and avoid proprietary buildpacks or addons so migration off the platform remains straightforward.

Netlify: planning & defense

Contract strategy
Stay month-to-month since Netlify frequently restructures plans and historically shifts between flat rates and per-seat pricing.
Architecture defense
Keep build configurations, routing rules, and environment variables portable using standard open-source static site generators to enable easy migration to rival hosts.