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Heroku Postgres · $11000/mo (768 GB RAM, 4096 GB)
Heroku Premium-9 at $11,000/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs offered. Linode's Managed Database offers nearly identical performance (512GB RAM vs 768GB, 112 vCPU, NVMe storage) for only $73/mo more, with superior uptime SLA (99.99% vs Heroku's variable reliability tiers). Oracle's serverless option is orders of magnitude cheaper but requires careful capacity planning and separate storage billing.
Nearly identical specs (512GB RAM, 112 vCPU, 7.2TB NVMe) at virtually the same price but with 99.99% SLA, dedicated hardware, and no reliability cliff like Heroku's Essential tier.
Caveat: HA failover clusters cost 2-3x more; backups and outbound bandwidth are separate line items; verify your workload doesn't exceed pooled transfer allowance.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) · Serverless - 1 ECPU | $245.28/mo | 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Dedicated G7 512 GB - Standalone | $11073.6/mo | 512 GB RAM, 112 vCPU, 7200 GB NVMe | Visit |
Extreme cost reduction if your workload is bursty or light-to-moderate; serverless auto-scaling eliminates over-provisioning; 99.95% SLA is enterprise-grade.
Caveat: 1 ECPU is roughly 0.5 OCPU equivalent and far below Heroku Premium-9 capacity; storage billed separately at $0.0257/GB/month; only viable if you can right-size your actual workload needs.
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