Heroku’s Next Chapter Is Maintenance. Yours Shouldn’t Be

Heroku’s Next Chapter Is Maintenance. Yours Shouldn’t Be “Just Migrate” Is Easy to Say. Harder to Do. DigitalOcean Is the Natural Successor Beyond PaaS: A Full Cloud Platform Ready to Migrate? DigitalOcean Is Built for the Long Term. About the author Try DigitalOcean for free Related Articles Powered by DigitalOcean Hatch: How Ex-human uses GPU Droplets to Build Empathetic AI that Serves Customers Hacktoberfest 2025 Comes to a Close Hacktoberfest 2025: How to Participate By Wade Wegner Chief Ecosystem and Growth Officer Published: February 9, 2026 5 min read Heroku’s move to a “ sustaining engineering ” model was carefully worded. It avoids the term end-of-life. It reassures existing customers that nothing changes immediately. It emphasizes stability and support. But if you read between the lines, the message is clear: there is no forward roadmap. There is no new feature investment. The platform is entering maintenance mode. For teams running production systems, the real risk isn’t Heroku going offline.