Migration Guide

Heroku
GC

Migrate from Heroku to GCP

Migrate Heroku apps to GCP (Cloud Run/GKE, Cloud SQL, Memorystore) with networking and IAM redesign.

High complexityCloud Platform

What you get

Risk assessment

Blockers, warnings, and unknowns ranked by severity

Effort estimate

Hours, t-shirt size, and role breakdown

Cost estimate

Labor, infrastructure, and tooling cost range

Migration steps

Ordered execution plan with durations

Open questions

What still needs to be answered before you start

Draft config or code

Starter configs when the migration path supports it

Why teams migrate from Heroku to GCP

Good fit when

  • +Teams already operating in Google Cloud and wanting strong managed platform services.
  • +Apps that benefit from Cloud Run simplicity with flexible scaling.

Strengths

  • Cloud Run offers a clean app-platform path for containerized workloads.
  • Strong managed data options and integrated observability.

Tradeoffs

  • Migration still requires architecture redesign away from Heroku add-ons.
  • Service sprawl can increase governance complexity.

Migration notes

  • Map dynos/add-ons to Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Memorystore, and Pub/Sub.
  • Set up IAM, secret management, and service accounts before cutover.
Typical effort:High (1-3 weeks)

How it works

1

Describe your migration

Select Heroku as source and GCP as target. Add context about your setup — configs, docs, architecture notes.

2

Keshro runs the analysis

Keshro researches the path, finds similar past migrations, and generates a structured assessment with risks, effort, cost, and steps.

3

Get your plan

Review the migration plan, refine it with your team, and use it as a living document during execution.

Resources

Related migrations

Ready to plan your Heroku to GCP migration?

Get a risk assessment, effort estimate, and step-by-step plan in minutes.

Start Migration Analysis