Heroku Postgres · $0/mo (384 GB RAM, 48 vCPU, 102400 GB)
Heroku's Advanced 384G tier pricing is unpublished and requires sales contact, making direct comparison impossible. However, published alternatives at half the RAM (192GB) start at $1950/mo, suggesting the 384GB tier will likely exceed $3900-5400/mo when quoted. Vultr and DigitalOcean offer transparent, published pricing with better SLAs (100% and 99.99% vs Heroku's standard 99.95%), though at smaller scale.
Fully published pricing with 100% network uptime SLA and no sales-contact friction; scales to larger tiers if you need 384GB equivalent.
Caveat: Only 192GB RAM and 24 vCPU (half Heroku's spec); bandwidth overage rates vary by data center.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | Managed Databases · Valkey Mem-Opt 24vCPU/192GB (0 rep) | $1950/mo | 192 GB RAM, 24 vCPU | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · Valkey Memory Optimized 192GB | $1950/mo | 192 GB RAM, 24 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 192 GB - Standalone |
Transparent $1950/mo pricing, 99.99% SLA, and predictable $0.01/GB bandwidth overages; no hidden sales process.
Caveat: Only 192GB RAM and 24 vCPU; you would need to contact both providers for 384GB equivalents to compare apples-to-apples.
Confirmed published price, 99.99% SLA, and 32 vCPU with 3.84TB SSD; closer to Heroku's scale without sales friction.
Caveat: Still only 192GB RAM; HA (3-node) clusters cost 2-3x more; backups and bandwidth overages add 20-25% and $0.005-0.015/GB respectively.
Published pricing for 256GB RAM and 64 vCPU PostgreSQL with 99.99% SLA and 5.12-25.6TB storage; closest published spec to Heroku's tier.
Caveat: Still 128GB short of 384GB; region-locked to Milan/Paris; IPv4 and outbound bandwidth ($0.015/GB) billed separately; APAC egress loses free status after mid-2026.
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