Is it okay to host a small news/entertainment site on Heroku?

Question

Node.js

The whole stack is in JS. The site is dynamic, with a database, most likely on React. Is it good practice to host such sites on Heroku? If not, why not, what are the downsides? As a beginner, I am captivated by the ability to do everything in JS, the ease of deployment, a demo that allows you to run for free and see how the development goes. If this is bad practice, then what are similar alternatives?

upd. Found a bunch of Digital Ocean + Dokku. Sounds good, but you'll need to figure out Docker. Is this solution normal for my purposes for a site like this? Or maybe Google Cloud Platform is a good alternative (looks even more expensive than Heroku)?

Answer 1

you take an inexpensive instance on Digital Ocean, install Dokku and that's it.
if a simple site with a database, then docker is not required. I use it for my small projects.

Answer 2

the only minus of heroku, apart from technical limitations, is the price, it is horse