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Learn how to migrate your application from Heroku to Laravel Cloud Heroku is a general-purpose PaaS that many Laravel teams have relied on over the years, but it requires manual PHP configuration, buildpack management, and Procfiles that add unnecessary complexity. Laravel Cloud provides a simpler operational model, framework-aware defaults, and more predictable costs without boilerplate setup required.

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How to migrate

If you’re running applications on Heroku, the migration process focuses on replacing Heroku-specific concepts, such as Procfiles, buildpacks, dynos, and add-ons, with Laravel Cloud equivalents. The migration guide walks you through exporting your Postgres database, provisioning your Laravel Cloud infrastructure, and switching your DNS without any downtime to your existing application.