Migrate from Heroku, Netlify or Render — Your AI Does the Work

Switching hosts is usually a weekend of reconfiguring build commands, re-creating env vars, and re-wiring a database. On Hostwares, the AI agent does that part. Here's how a migration actually goes.

The short version

1. Connect your GitHub repo. HW — the AI DevOps agent — reads it.
2. It detects your stack — framework, build command, start command, the database your app expects.
3. It provisions what's missing — managed Postgres, MySQL, or Redis (or connects your existing one) and injects the exact env vars your code reads.
4. It configures the domain and SSL.
5. You review and go live.

Coming from a specific platform

• Heroku — dynos map to flat-priced containers; the AI can migrate your Heroku Postgres data if you point it at the old instance. No more dyno-hour math — see the full comparison.
• Netlify — Netlify bills deploys, bandwidth and compute in credits. Hostwares runs full-stack apps in flat-priced containers with databases included — comparison.
• Render — similar container model, but with the AI handling the move and databases wired automatically — comparison.

Why teams move

• Flat pricing, not credits. You know the bill before the month starts.
• Databases included and wired. No separate add-on, no manual DATABASE_URL.
• The AI removes the migration tax — the reason most people stay on a host they've outgrown.

Related

• Hostwares vs Heroku · vs Netlify · vs Render

Building this app? Deploy it on Hostwares. Connect your repo and HW — our AI DevOps agent — handles the move: it detects your framework, provisions or wires your database, injects the env vars your app expects (DATABASE_URL, SUPABASE_URL, SUPABASE_ANON_KEY…), and sets up SSL. You review and go live.

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