Hosting Migration Comparison Tool

Developers need to move off platforms like Heroku but don't know which alternative fits their needs (Docker support, GitHub integration, pricing, etc.). Build a tool that compares hosting options based on specific requirements and shows migration costs/effort. Target indie developers and small teams.

Heroku's free tier removal in 2022 triggered a genuine wave of migration anxiety that still hasn't fully settled, and platforms like Railway, Render, Fly.io, and Coolify have fragmented the market enough that comparison genuinely requires effort. No clear incumbent owns this space — HostingAdvice and similar sites exist but are SEO-farm garbage rather than developer-centric comparison tools built around real technical criteria. The revenue problem is real though: this is naturally a top-of-funnel, one-time-use tool, which means monetization likely lives in affiliate referral fees from the hosting platforms themselves, and those commissions tend to be small and inconsistent. The biggest risk is that the comparison matrix goes stale almost immediately as platforms update pricing and features, making this a content maintenance burden dressed up as a software product.