Their pricing for hobby sites is 7$ + 10$ DB, which is very comparable with a self setup IaaS like DO and AWS. Personally I think the developer experience is much better on Heroku and quite worth it.<p>SSL is a pain point, though I do empathize with them - I think they&#x27;re doing something expensive for that. What I do is to use AWS Cloudfront and ACM for a free cert and site speedup - if they are personal projects the CF bill ought to be in the low few dollars anyway.