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Heroku vs EC2

Hi, I am going from cloud functions to a dedicated server to do things like sockets etc.. I am hearing about EC2 but I did a little bit more research and EC2 involves a good amount of work, especially having custom domain as api root, integrating SSL, etc and stuff like that and you have to pay. EC2 feels like its more for established companies or people that are serious. On heroku you click a button and it does the ssl cert for you. Seamless sql integration. And much more. It seems so hobby developer friendly ? Thoughts?
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