When it came time to deploy our latest full-stack application, my team and I made the decision to use the Heroku platform for the first time. After conducting significant research and consulting with several senior developers in the industry, we concluded that Heroku would provide the best support for our application, which was built with MongoDB and Express on the back end and React on the front end.
Granted, Netlify definitely provides a better platform for applications that are primarily front-end, but Heroku has proved to be a strong contender as well. The deployment went quite smoothly, all things considered. The installation of the Heroku command line, while a bit intimidating at first glance, actually proved very beneficial for controlling builds, adding plugins, and managing the deployment process.
I have no regrets over the choice to use Heroku; in fact, I would go so far as to recommend the platform for supporting any small to medium full-stack application you may be working on. If nothing else, the documentation provided by Heroku is far superior to that of many similar platforms, and that alone can be a lifesaver in the event of a snag during deployment.
