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AWS Elastic Beanstalk
With [AWS] Elastic Beanstalk, you can interact by using the Elastic Beanstalk console, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), a high-level CLI designed specifically for Elastic Beanstalk. [AWS] Elastic Beanstalk can be deployed quickly and provides a lot of functionality that would otherwise take a longer time to set up and maintain

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Team Lead in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 51-200 employeesHeroku Platform
Heroku is very well suited for startups looking to get a server stack up and running quickly. There is little to no overhead when managing your instances. However, you'll need a background in basic DevOps or system management to make sure everything is set up correctly. In addition, it's easy to accidentally go crazy on pricing. Make sure you're only creating the server instances you need to run the base application and set up an auto-scaler plugin to handle peaks.

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C-Level Executive in Corporate
Financial Services Company, 11-50 employeesFeature Rating Comparison
Platform-as-a-Service
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8.2
Heroku Platform
8.6
Ease of building user interfaces
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8.4
Heroku Platform
8.7
Scalability
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
9.0
Heroku Platform
9.6
Platform management overhead
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7.5
Heroku Platform
8.2
Workflow engine capability
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8.5
Heroku Platform
8.4
Platform access control
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8.0
Heroku Platform
8.2
Services-enabled integration
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8.3
Heroku Platform
9.0
Development environment creation
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8.7
Heroku Platform
9.1
Development environment replication
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8.3
Heroku Platform
8.9
Issue monitoring and notification
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7.7
Heroku Platform
7.8
Issue recovery
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7.7
Heroku Platform
8.4
Upgrades and platform fixes
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8.3
Heroku Platform
8.7
Pros
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk was easy to implement, we only had to insert the application code to have it up and running in a few minutes. This helps us to launch company campaigns for different areas such as marketing, commercial and human resources.
- It has a fast learning curve, since the training material of the platform is public on the manufacturer's portal, furthermore it is easy to interact and intuitive for developers.
- The productivity of the equipment is optimized since they are not worrying about preparing the platform or infrastructure, they only have to attend to what is required by the application and its operation and this maintenance.
- The indicators and metrics that it has, ensure that the application cannot be saturated and have a performance problem, with AWS Elastic Beanstalk the application can scale resources when needed automatically.
Analista de Proyectos
Cyberline SRLTelecommunications, 51-200 employees
Heroku Platform
- Heroku has a very simple deployment model, making it easy to get your application up-and-running with minimal effort. We can focus on our efforts the unique aspects of our application.
- The robust add-on marketplace makes it easy to try out new approaches with minimal effort and investment -- and when we settle on a solution, we can easily scale it.
- Heroku's support is quite good -- their staff is quite technical and willing to get into the weeds to diagnose even complicated problems.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Other
Consumer Services Company, 1-10 employeesCons
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- Limited to the frameworks and configurations that AWS supports. There is no native way to use Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a Go application behind Nginx, for example.
- It's not always clear what's changed on an underlying system when AWS updates an EB stack; the new version is announced, but AWS does not say what specifically changed in the underlying configuration. This can have unintended consequences and result in additional work in order to figure out what changes were made.
Director of Engineering
NorthOutComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Heroku Platform
- Large price jumps between certain resource tiers (2x Dyno for $50 per month versus Performance Dyno for $250). Free Postgres next jumps to $50 per month.
- Marketing/Branding to non-technical stakeholders. As the years pass, I've had to fight more to convince stakeholders on the value of Heroku over AWS.
- Improve Buildpack documentation. This is one area where Heroku's documentation is fairly confusing.
Co-Creator
Flights MachineLeisure, Travel & Tourism, 1-10 employees
Likelihood to Renew
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk 7.9
Based on 2 answers
As our technology grows, it makes more sense to individually provision each server rather than have it done via beanstalk. There are several reasons to do so, which I cannot explain without further diving into the architecture itself, but I can tell you this. With automation, you also loose the flexibility to morph the system for your specific needs. So if you expect that in future you need more customization to your deployment process, then there is a good chance that you might try to do things individually rather than use an automation like beanstalk.
Software Engineer
Capital OneInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Heroku Platform
Heroku Platform 9.5
Based on 6 answers
Heroku is easy to use, services a ton of functions for you out of the box, and provides a means to get a software product off the ground and managed quickly and easily. The tools provide allows a small to medium size org to move very quickly. The CLI tools provided make managing an entire technical infrastructure simple.
Software Engineer
ShiptInternet, 51-200 employees
Usability
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk 7.6
Based on 10 answers
It is a great tool to manage your applications. You just need to write the codes, and after that with one click, your app will be online and accessible from the internet. That is a huge help for people who do not know about infrastructure or do not want to spend money on maintaining infrastructure.

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Engineer in Information Technology
Insurance Company, 10,001+ employeesHeroku Platform
Heroku Platform 9.1
Based on 17 answers
Easy to use web based console and easy to use command line tools; deployment is done directly from a GIT repository. What more could you ask for?The one thing that keeps me from giving it a 10 is that custom build packs are almost incomprehensible. We used one for a while because we needed cairo graphics processing. Fortunately, I was able to figure out a different way to do what we needed so that we could get off the custom build pack.
Chief Technology Officer
TrustRadiusComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Reliability and Availability
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Heroku Platform
Heroku Platform 8.0
Based on 2 answers
Heroku availability correlates pretty strongly to AWS US EAST availability. We had a couple of times where there was a Heroku-specific issue but not for the last 7-8 months.
Chief Technology Officer
TrustRadiusComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Performance
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Heroku Platform
Heroku Platform 9.0
Based on 2 answers
The only issue that I ever have is that about 1 out of 20 deployments (git push) will hang and need to be cancelled and done again.
Chief Technology Officer
TrustRadiusComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Support Rating
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk 7.6
Based on 19 answers
As I described earlier it has been really cost effective and really easy for fellow developers who don't want to waste weeks and weeks into learning and manually deploying stuff which basically takes month to create and go live with the Minimal viable product (MVP). With AWS Beanstalk within a week a developer can go live with the Minimal viable product easily.

Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Computer & Network Security Company, 5001-10,000 employeesHeroku Platform
Heroku Platform 8.6
Based on 38 answers
I've used it for many years without facing any major problem. It's not hard at all to get used to it, it's documentation is outstanding and simple. We are close to 2020 and I don't think most of the existing companies or startups should still face old problems such as wasting time deploying code and calculate computing resources.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 1-10 employeesImplementation Rating
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk 7.0
Based on 2 answers
- Do as many experiments as you can before you commit on using beanstalk or other AWS features.- Keep future state in mind. Think through what comes next, and if that is technically possible to do so.- Always factor in cost in terms of scaling.- We learned a valuable lesson when we wanted to go multi-region, because then we realized many things needs to change in code. So if you plan on using this a lot, factor multiple regions.
Software Engineer
Capital OneInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Heroku Platform
Heroku Platform 9.0
Based on 6 answers
Be ready to pay a bit more than expected in the beginning if you're migrating from a big server. The application is probably not ready for the change and you have to keep improving it with time.
It's also important to consider that you can't save anything to the disc as it will be lost when your application restarts, so you have to think about using something like S3.
Backend Engineer
DoistInternet, 11-50 employees
Alternatives Considered
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
We also use Heroku and it is a great platform for smaller projects and light Node.js services, but we have found that in terms of cost, the Elastic Beanstalk option is more affordable for the projects that we undertake. The fact that it sits inside of the greater AWS Cloud offering also compels us to use it, since integration is simpler.We have also evaluated Microsoft Azure and gave up trying to get an extremely basic implementation up and running after a few days of struggling with its mediocre user interface and constant issues with documentation being outdated. The authentication model is also badly broken and trying to manage resources is a pain. One cannot compare Azure with anything that Amazon has created in the cloud space since Azure really isn't a mature platform and we are always left wanting when we have to interface with it.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employeesHeroku Platform
Heroku is the more expensive option for hosting compared to some of the cloud platforms we investigated, but it's worth it for us because of the plug-and-play nature of Heroku deployment. We can be up and running in a few minutes and know with precision how much it will cost us each month to run the application, unlike Amazon Web Services where you have to go to great pains to configure it correctly or else you might end up with a shocking monthly bill. Overall, spending the time to configure Amazon Web Services or one of its competitors is likely the more affordable and powerful choice, because you have control over so many specifics of the configuration. But it also requires the burden of continuing to maintain and update your AWS instance, whereas with Heroku they take care of security fixes and platform upgrades. It's a great service and we are happy to pay the extra cost for the value-adds Heroku provides.
Web & Mobile Developer
Bluefire ProductionsComputer Software, 11-50 employees
Return on Investment
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- till now we had not Calculated ROI as the project is still evolving and we had to keep on changing the environment implementation
- it meets our purpose of quick deployment as compared to on-premises deployment
- till now we look good as we also controlled our expenses which increased suddenly in the middle of deployment activity
Consultant
HCL TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Heroku Platform
- Heroku allowed us to get up and running fast. Deployment was really easy and connecting to our codebase was, too. The deployment integration with GitHub is pretty slick.
- The add-ons provisioning is so simple and the documentation is so thorough that, at least at first, it means you don't have to hire a dedicated devops person to manage this stuff.
- Heroku has tools that allow the collaborators (those with access to the Heroku dashboard) to be able to quickly and easily do triage from just about anywhere, including your smartphone.
VP of Engineering, Senior Web Developer
UnspecifiedComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
AWS Elastic Beanstalk Editions & Modules
Edition
No Charge | $01 |
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- Users pay for AWS resources (e.g. EC2, S3 buckets, etc.) used to store and run the application.
Additional Pricing Details
—Heroku Platform
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Heroku Platform Editions & Modules
Edition
Production | $25.001 |
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Advanced | $250.001 |
- Per Month