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Heroku Postgres · $5/mo (1 GB)
Heroku Essential-0 at $5/mo appears cheap but carries severe reliability and scalability cliffs (99.5% SLA, no HA, forced upgrades on overages). Google Cloud SQL and IONOS offer better uptime guarantees and more transparent pricing, though both require careful attention to egress and renewal costs. Render is slightly more expensive but offers better reliability than Heroku Essential.
99.99% SLA vs Heroku's 99.5%, transparent per-GB pricing, and no forced tier jumps on connection/row overages.
Caveat: Network egress to internet is metered and can add $5-15/mo if you transfer significant data; sustained-use discounts require monitoring to capture.
99.99% SLA, per-GB RAM pricing is transparent, and no reliability cliff compared to Heroku Essential.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| Google Cloud | Cloud SQL · HDD storage | $0.12/mo | $0.118/GB/month | Visit |
| IONOS | Managed Databases (MariaDB/PostgreSQL) · DB RAM - per GB (low end) | $5.76/mo | Per GB RAM per hour, low end of published range | Visit |
| Render | Render Postgres · Basic-256mb | $6/mo | 256 MB RAM, 0 vCPU |
Caveat: Renewal pricing after promo period can be 2-6x higher; outbound data transfer beyond 2TB pooled allowance is metered at $0.036/GB.
99.95% SLA (better than Heroku Essential), no hidden reliability tiers, and storage overages are predictable at $0.30/GB/month.
Caveat: Persistent disk storage billed separately; instances charged by the second so partial-month fees apply if you scale down.
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