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Heroku Postgres · $0/mo (16 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 102400 GB)
Heroku's Advanced 16G tier pricing is not published and requires sales contact, making direct comparison impossible. However, comparable 8GB managed database tiers from DigitalOcean, Scaleway, and Render start at $76-100/mo with published pricing, transparent SLAs (99.95-99.99%), and no hidden reliability cliffs. If you need 16GB specifically, the lack of published pricing is itself a red flag for potential enterprise lock-in.
Lowest published price with 99.99% SLA, 4 vCPU (vs Heroku's 2), and transparent billing; bandwidth overages are the only hidden cost and are clearly documented.
Caveat: Only 8GB RAM (half Heroku's tier), and OpenSearch is a search engine, not a general-purpose database like Postgres.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch Basic 8GB | $76.25/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-PRO2-XXS (non-HA) | $80/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server · General Purpose D2s |
Published pricing for PostgreSQL (same engine as Heroku), 99.9-99.99% SLA, and no hidden reliability tiers like Heroku's Essential vs Standard cliff.
Caveat: Only 8GB RAM and 20GB SSD (vs Heroku's 16GB/100TB), and lacks High Availability; egress overages apply after 75GB/month free tier.
Published pricing, 99.95% SLA, and straightforward per-second billing with no surprise tier-lock-in; storage and bandwidth overages are itemized upfront.
Caveat: Only 8GB RAM; persistent disk storage billed separately at $0.25/GB/month, and Postgres storage overages at ~$0.30/GB/month can add up quickly on large datasets.
Published pricing for PostgreSQL, 99.99% SLA, and 1-3 year reserved instances offer 38-55% discounts if you commit; compute-only estimate is conservative.
Caveat: Only 8GB RAM; storage, IOPS, and outbound bandwidth billed separately; Premium SSD IOPS/throughput charges can be substantial for large workloads.
Published pricing for PostgreSQL with 99.99% SLA, 160GB-800GB usable storage (vs Heroku's 100TB max), and 2 vCPU matching Heroku's spec.
Caveat: Only 8GB RAM; additional storage billed at $0.0004/GB/hr; APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026; IPv4 addresses billed separately.
Before you switch
| $95/mo |
| 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU |
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| Render | Render Postgres · Pro-8gb | $100/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Managed Dashboards (Grafana) · Production B3-8 | $107.75/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 8GB Standard | $115/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 240 GB | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-Reg 4vCPU/8GB (0 rep) | $120/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Discovery-B3-8 | $127.17/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 8 GB - Standalone | $130/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Discovery-B3-8 | $147.75/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Discovery-B3-8 | $169/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Discovery-B3-8 | $169/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Kafka · Kafka Connect Discovery-B3-8 | $173.01/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · 2-node 4x8GB-50GB | $175/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 50 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - ClickHouse · Discovery-B3-8 | $212.65/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
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