Heroku vs InMotion Hosting

Heroku is strongest for teams migrating away. InMotion Hosting is strongest for small business websites. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Heroku	InMotion Hosting
Starting price	$3/mo	$2.99/mo
Best for	Teams migrating away Legacy Rails/Node apps Historical PaaS comparison	Small business websites Agencies managing multiple cPanel sites WordPress site owners Businesses needing dedicated/bare-metal servers
Stated uptime SLA	99.5% (Postgres Essential); higher SLAs on Standard/Premium/Private/Shield not separately published	99.9%
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	2	2
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Ticket, Docs (Dev Center), Community forum	Phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, HIPAA (Shield tier only), GDPR, PCI (Shield tier only)	PCI DSS (via SSL/security add-ons)
Hidden costs to watch for	Eco dynos ($5/mo flat) are personal-account only and not available to Enterprise/Team customers Postgres Essential tier has no fork/follow, no HA, and only 99.5% uptime SLA -- a hidden reliability cliff vs. Standard Add-on overages (Postgres row/connection limits, Redis memory limits) can force an unplanned upgrade to the next tier Performance dynos require an established payment/billing history before they can be provisioned Private Spaces and Shield Private Spaces carry a substantial network-isolation premium (2-3x) over common-runtime equivalents Heroku Postgres Advanced tier pricing is not published; requires contacting sales	Renewal prices are 2-4x higher than introductory promo prices (e.g. Core plan ~$2.99/mo intro renews around $11.99/mo) Lowest intro prices require paying for 24-36 month terms upfront Free domain credit only applies for first year; domain renews at standard registrar rate Dedicated IP address, backup storage beyond the included allowance, and additional cPanel licenses on reseller plans cost extra
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18