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Heroku vs SAP Business Technology Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Heroku
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
16th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Business Technology Pla...
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
IoT Platforms (2nd), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Heroku is 2.8%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Business Technology Platform is 5.7%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP Business Technology Platform5.7%
Heroku2.8%
Other91.5%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Cristian-Molina - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Developer at Go Coeupas
Has a quick development cycle and continuous integration
The initial setup is straightforward. Heroku integrates well. You only have to push the code, and it automatically deploys the new version. Whether you have permission depends on the application. Currently, I have one application that I deploy myself. I rate the initial setup a nine out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.
Frederic Hautecoeur - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Integrations Architect at bs-team
Event-based data exchange has improved integrations but analytics and support remain weak
SAP Cloud Platform is a strong part of their offering. They are very poor in the analytics area. You do not have much available. If you want to have analytics, you have to do everything yourself. Everything is very expensive, so it is not helping with the infrastructure costs. There is a lot of latency and glitches. The support is very difficult and not really helpful. The fact is you are completely losing control of the infrastructure. If something bad happens, there is nothing you can really do. You have to ask the support and the support will answer when they want or when they can.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Easy, fast, fun, and extendable."
"I like the tool's scalability, CLI, and dashboards."
"Deploying with git, npm install git hook ... basically, they got it right for nodejs servers hosting."
"The product is stable."
"Thanks to Heroku, we don't need to do as much direct management in AWS."
"It is easy to deploy applications, and we don't need to bother about software updates on the server. We don't need to bother about machines, servers, and hardware. We only need to care about the system and functionality that we need or want to develop. They take care of everything else. It provides high availability. It is a pretty good solution that provides everything that we need. It has everything that we need to run our applications. We have many different applications, and we generate three million bills for a company in Brazil. We see more than a billion requests per day in another application. Everything works just fine, and it is very good."
"We, as a startup, can use Heroku and the plenty of possible configurations to scale from the very beginning to a medium-sized company."
"What I found most valuable about this solution is that it's easy to use and integrate with GitHub actions."
"The integration flows are the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The solution is very useful and interactive with a dashboard for viewing other interfaces."
"SAP Cloud Platform's most valuable features are its exhaustiveness, scalability with minimum maintenance, and functionality."
"The dashboard gives pretty good clarity of what's happening and what needs to be done."
"SAP Cloud Platform has got a lot of new developments and innovative capabilities."
"It’s great that we have the entire suite of SAP at our fingertips."
"The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this solution is that SAP has been able to save us a great deal of time."
"The product captures data in real time."
 

Cons

"Heroku is pretty stable. We experience the occasional outages."
"We would like to be notified when something goes wrong in the process. When something is not working, we should get an alert."
"The tool's configuration is complex."
"I have an issue with the session server in terms of how it can scale, and where I can put my sessions."
"I think this solution would be improved if free demos were available indefinitely."
"We have to do daily restarts of some processes, which is annoying, and the support for custom CI could be better."
"It's pricing is a little high and could be lowered."
"Their support is good, but they can improve their response time."
"Planning features are limited to the finance module."
"The pricing is too high across all SAP products relative to resource utilization."
"Shows errors without providing any analysis."
"It would be helpful to have additional samples for SoapUI that include interface methodologies and templates."
"The tool's UI is not very intuitive for cloud integration, so it needs research to understand its options and how it may work."
"I can’t speak to features that may be missing."
"The product's support team has certain shortcomings, not from the solution's portal perspective but from the back-end side."
"The price of the solution could improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is free."
"There is a standard fee for a processing unit, they call them "dynos," and then you pay for add-ons."
"Its price is very good."
"I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."
"The price of Heroku could be less expensive."
"The tool could get too pricey...Small enterprises that want to leverage the tool's features will have difficulty in utilizing the solution."
"Cost-wise, I'm unsure of how expensive the SAP Cloud Platform is."
"SAP offers yearly, subscription-based, and pay-as-you-use licensing."
"Licensing costs for this solution are based on the number of users and the bandwidth."
"SAP Cloud Platform is an expensive solution."
"The price of the solution depends on the package that is purchased. There are many packages to choose from. The packages are not overly expensive."
"SAP Cloud Platform costs $2 to $5 per hour, while I found other platforms way more affordable. You have to pay per use, though that's fine because that means the cost is flexible."
"SAP Cloud Platform is generally more expensive than the other options."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise27
 

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Which is better - SAP Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure?
One of the best features of SAP Cloud Platform is that it is web-based and you can log in from anywhere in the world. SAP Cloud Platform is suitable for companies of any size; it works well with bo...
How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS?
How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS? Amazon AWS offers options both in terms of upgrading and expanding capabilities as well as acquiring greater storage space. These upgrades can ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Cloud Platform?
The pricing is not suitable for small or medium organizations. Price and features are concerns.
 

Also Known As

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SAP HANA Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things, SAP Cloud Platform
 

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