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Heroku Postgres · $0/mo (4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 102400 GB)
Heroku's Advanced 4G tier pricing is opaque and requires sales contact, making direct comparison impossible. However, several published alternatives offer 2-4GB RAM PostgreSQL at $11-65/mo with transparent pricing and comparable or better specs. For development/prototyping, Scaleway and Azure are dramatically cheaper; for production workloads, UpCloud and OVHcloud offer better SLAs and published rates.
Cheapest published option at $11/mo for 2GB RAM PostgreSQL with transparent pricing and no sales gatekeeping.
Caveat: Development/prototyping only, no HA available, and unsuitable for production workloads.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-DEV-S | $11/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server · Burstable B1ms | $12.41/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch Basic 2GB |
Published pricing at $12.41/mo for 2GB RAM with 99.99% SLA and no sales contact required.
Caveat: Burstable CPU model (not guaranteed performance), storage and backup billed separately, and outbound bandwidth charged above 100GB/month.
Published $30/mo for 2GB RAM PostgreSQL with industry-leading 99.999% SLA and transparent backup pricing.
Caveat: Only 25GB storage (vs Heroku's 100GB-100TB), single-node only, and backup add-ons carry percentage surcharges (10-60%).
Published $64.24/mo for 4GB RAM / 2 vCPU PostgreSQL with 99.99% SLA and 80-240GB usable storage.
Caveat: Single-node Essential tier (no HA), additional storage billed at $0.0004/GB/hr, and APAC egress loses free status after mid-2026.
Published $65/mo for 4GB RAM / 2 vCPU with 99.99% SLA and 80GB SSD storage.
Caveat: Standalone (no HA), price estimated from linear pattern and not directly confirmed, and HA clusters cost 2-3x more.
Before you switch
| $19.6/mo |
| 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU |
| Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 2GB Standard | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 80 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed PostgreSQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-HP 2vCPU/2GB (0 rep) | $54/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production DB2-2 | $54.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Render | Render Postgres · Pro-4gb | $55/mo | 4 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Essential DB1-4 | $55.77/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Managed Dashboards (Grafana) · Essential DB1-4 | $55.77/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Essential DB1-4 | $64.24/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Essential DB1-4 | $64.24/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 4 GB - Standalone | $65/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Essential DB1-4 | $70.08/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
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