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Heroku has entered maintenance mode with no new feature development planned. While existing workloads remain stable, teams face growing risks as the platform stops evolving—missing security patches, runtime updates, and modern framework support. Migration requires careful planning beyond simple code moves: databases, networking, CI/CD pipelines, and production traffic patterns all need re-establishment. DigitalOcean App Platform offers buildpack compatibility that minimizes code changes, plus an active roadmap with features like Bun runtime, cron jobs, VPC integration, and AI tooling. They're providing three months free for new workloads and architectural support for larger migrations.