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Don't worry, we're here to help you migrate off Heroku in no time.\n\n* * *\n\n## The [best alternative to Heroku](https://blog.railway.com/p/top-five-heroku-alternatives):\n\n40% cheaper\n\nOnly pay for what you actually use. Don't worry about which size dyno to pick.\n\n50% faster build times\n\nCustomers report build and deploy times are cut in half when moving to Railway.\n\nReal servers under the hood\n\nAll services on Railway run 24/7 (unless you turn on App Sleeping).\n\nHelp at every turn\n\n25,000+ strong community members plus the core team stands ready to help.\n\nOn-demand resources\n\nWorkloads vertically scale without the need to update container size.\n\nBest in class DX\n\nKeyboard friendly interface and mobile site means you can leave your laptop at home.\n\n[Continue reading](https://docs.railway.com/reference/compare-to-heroku)\n\n## Seamless migration from Heroku to Railway\n\n-   1\n    \n    Deploy repo from GitHub\n-   2\n    \n    Import variables from Heroku\n-   3\n    \n    Let Railway do the rest\n\n* * *\n\nWe automagically add, configure, and deploy your services described in the procfile.\n\n[Read the migration docs](https://docs.railway.com/tutorials/migrate-from-heroku)\n\n## You might be wondering...\n\n?\n\nDoes Railway have a pipeline workflow to spin up a staging environment, to then promote it to production?\n\nYes! 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