I find this interesting that people are looking for cheaper alternatives to Heroku and completely agree that Heroku gets expensive fast, especially for hobby sites. But one thing to consider is the value that Heroku provides.<p>Heroku automates the provisioning and configuring servers, deploying code to those servers, scaling servers, etc. It's more than just cheap hosting.<p>If you're looking for cheap hosting, there's tons of alternatives out there. If you're looking for cheaper alternatives that provide the same value, the search gets a little tougher, and understandably so.<p>Edit - typos