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Dynos · $5/mo (512 MB RAM)
DigitalOcean App Platform matches Heroku Eco's $5/mo price point with better uptime (99.99% vs sleep behavior), no personal-account restriction, and simpler hidden-cost structure. Render and AWS Lightsail cost $2 more monthly but offer different trade-offs; choose based on your database and bandwidth needs.
Identical $5/mo price, always-on (no sleep), higher SLA (99.99%), and available to all account types, not just personal.
Caveat: Bandwidth overages at $0.01/GB are cheap but still a risk if you exceed the 50GB pooled allowance.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | App Platform · Shared 512MB (fixed) | $5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Containers · Nano | $7/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Render | Web Services · Starter | $7/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
Only $2 more, 99.95% SLA, no account-type restrictions, and transparent per-second billing avoids surprise partial-month charges if you scale down.
Caveat: Persistent disk, bandwidth overages (~$0.15/GB), and custom domain overages are billed separately; Postgres storage overage at $0.30/GB/month can escalate quickly.
Also $7/mo with 500GB data transfer included (more generous than Render), 99.9% SLA, and no personal-account lock-in.
Caveat: Data transfer overage varies by region ($0.09-$0.132/GB); Windows containers cost 70-90% more; requires AWS account setup overhead.
Before you switch
| Render | Background Workers · Starter | $7/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Render | Private Services · Starter | $7/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
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