After Leaving Heroku, Which Operational Task Surprised Your Team?

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For teams that have actually moved an application off Heroku: which task became your responsibility and took more effort than expected?

This thread is about the operational aftermath of a migration, not a list of replacement platforms. Please describe your application type, team size and destination, without sharing confidential customer details.

• Did deployments, worker recovery, backups or on-call work change most?
• Which Heroku add-on was hardest to replace in practice?
• Would you make the same move again, and what would you prepare differently?

First-hand examples and lessons are welcome; a migration still being planned can be clearly labeled as such.

For the platform overview, see Heroku Alternatives.