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Heroku Data for Redis · $120/mo (500 MB RAM)
Heroku Premium-3 Redis at $120/mo is significantly overpriced for 500MB RAM. Render's Redis Starter at $10/mo offers 256MB for a fraction of the cost, and while it's half the capacity, the price-to-performance gap is extreme. For true 500MB+ needs, Heroku's hidden upgrade traps and lack of published Advanced pricing make it a poor long-term choice.
Redis-compatible cache at 256MB for $10/mo vs Heroku's $120/mo; sufficient for many workloads and scales on-demand without forced tier jumps.
Caveat: Half the RAM of Heroku Premium-3; bandwidth and storage overages billed separately at $0.15/GB and $0.25/GB respectively.
Cheapest entry point at $6/mo if you can use Postgres as a cache layer instead of dedicated Redis.
Caveat: Not a true Redis replacement; storage and bandwidth overages apply; legacy Starter-tier specs with shared vCPU.
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