Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud vs Heroku
A side-by-side look at Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Heroku. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon EC2 is a cloud computing service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It allows users to launch virtual server instances that run on Amazon's infrastructure. EC2 enables scalable deployment of applications by providing a web service through which a user can boot an Amazon Machine Image to configure a virtual machine.
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that simplifies application deployment, management, and scaling. Acquired by Salesforce, Heroku allows developers to focus on writing code by providing an easy-to-use platform for building, deploying, and scaling applications without the need for complex infrastructure management.