Heroku Free Add-ons (Papertrail, Scheduler, etc.)
Free Tier Killed — November 2022
What was it?
Ecosystem of free Heroku add-ons: Papertrail logging, Heroku Scheduler, Sendgrid Starter, Cloudinary Starter. One-click dev infrastructure.
What happened?
Alongside free dynos, Heroku eliminated free-tier add-ons across the entire marketplace. Third-party providers removed free plans under Heroku's platform terms.
Migration Guide
Logtail/Papertrail (paid), GitHub Actions for scheduling, Resend/Mailgun for email, Cloudinary free-tier directly.
Replacements compared
1 tracked replacement for Heroku Free Add-ons (Papertrail, Scheduler, etc.), 1 of them with a free plan, cheapest paid from $20/mo.
| Tool | Pricing | Free plan | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | freemium — from $20/mo | yes | 15,386 |
Timeline & context
Heroku Free Add-ons (Papertrail, Scheduler, etc.) free tier killed in November 2022, 4 years ago. It sat in the hosting category, where Soft.xyz tracks 7 discontinued products in total. If you are still running it in production, the migration path above is the shortest route off it.
FAQ
Why did Heroku Free Add-ons (Papertrail, Scheduler, etc.) shut down?
Alongside free dynos, Heroku eliminated free-tier add-ons across the entire marketplace. Third-party providers removed free plans under Heroku's platform terms.
What should I migrate Heroku Free Add-ons (Papertrail, Scheduler, etc.) to?
Vercel cover the same use case. Logtail/Papertrail (paid), GitHub Actions for scheduling, Resend/Mailgun for email, Cloudinary free-tier directly.
Is there a free alternative to Heroku Free Add-ons (Papertrail, Scheduler, etc.)?
Yes — 1 of 1 tracked alternatives still offer a free plan.