Heroku has always been known as the “just push and deploy” platform, and that’s exactly why I started using it. In the beginning, it does feel simple.
But after trying other platforms recently, I realized that even Heroku’s setup isn’t as effortless as it seems.
You still have to think about buildpacks, dynos, environment configs, add-ons, and how everything fits together. It’s manageable, but not exactly “hands-off.” There’s still a learning curve, especially if you’re new.
I recently switched to a platform where I literally just connected my repo, and everything else, build, deploy, scaling, was handled automatically without needing to configure anything manually. No thinking about dynos, no extra setup steps. That felt like what “simple deployment” should actually be.
That shift made me realize Heroku sits in this middle ground, it simplifies some things, but still expects you to understand quite a bit.
So yeah, Heroku is decent, but I wouldn’t call it the simplest option anymore, even for beginners. There are newer approaches now that make deployment feel almost effortless from day one.
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