Migration Guide
Migrate from Heroku to Netlify
Migrate Heroku apps to Netlify. Best for frontend-heavy or Jamstack apps; backend-heavy workloads may need a separate API host or Netlify Functions.
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 Netlify
Good fit when
- +Teams shipping frontend-heavy, Jamstack, or static-first apps and willing to split backend concerns.
- +Apps that can move away from always-on dyno patterns toward serverless/edge execution.
- +Teams that value Netlify's build previews, branch deploys, and edge delivery.
Strengths
- Excellent developer experience for Jamstack, static site, and hybrid workflows.
- Built-in preview deployments, branch deploys, and edge functions.
- Strong integrations with headless CMS and static site generators (Hugo, Gatsby, Astro, Next.js).
Tradeoffs
- Not a direct fit for Heroku-style worker, background job, or always-on service patterns.
- Long-running processes and stateful workloads need companion infrastructure outside Netlify.
- Serverless function limits (timeout, memory, cold starts) differ from always-on dynos.
Migration notes
- Separate frontend delivery from worker/background-job architecture before cutover.
- Map web routes and API routes to Netlify Functions or Edge Functions.
- Decide where queues, cron jobs, and persistent backend services will live before cutover.
How it works
Describe your migration
Select Heroku as source and Netlify as target. Add context about your setup — configs, docs, architecture notes.
Keshro runs the analysis
Keshro researches the path, finds similar past migrations, and generates a structured assessment with risks, effort, cost, and steps.
Get your plan
Review the migration plan, refine it with your team, and use it as a living document during execution.
Resources
Related migrations
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