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Heroku Postgres · $4750/mo (122 GB RAM, 2048 GB)
Heroku Premium-L-6 at $4750/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs and reliability offered. Multiple providers deliver comparable or superior database capacity at 60-75% lower cost, with better uptime SLAs and more transparent pricing. Even accounting for hidden costs, the savings are substantial.
Direct PostgreSQL equivalent with 64GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1.28-6.4TB storage, 99.99% SLA at less than 29% of Heroku's price.
Caveat: APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026; IPv4 addresses billed separately; verify storage tier matches your workload.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) · Serverless - 1 ECPU | $245.28/mo | 1 vCPU | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch Memory Optimized 64GB | $566.85/mo | 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · Valkey Mem-Opt 8vCPU/64GB (0 rep) |
PostgreSQL-native with 64GB RAM, 8 vCPU, includes HA, backups, and connection pooling out of the box; 60% cheaper than Heroku.
Caveat: Storage billed separately at $0.28/GB; no published platform SLA; regional pricing varies; extra RAM and egress carry per-GB fees.
If MySQL is acceptable, identical specs and pricing to PostgreSQL option with 99.99% SLA and transparent per-node billing.
Caveat: Same APAC egress cliff and IPv4 billing as PostgreSQL tier; MySQL rather than PostgreSQL.
If search/analytics workload is acceptable, 64GB RAM at 88% discount with 99.99% SLA and minimal hidden costs.
Caveat: OpenSearch, not PostgreSQL; bandwidth overages at $0.01/GB; verify workload fit before migrating.
64GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1280GB SSD at 80% discount with 99.99% SLA; price is estimated from linear pattern but aligns with published Linode rates.
Caveat: Spec is ESTIMATED and not directly confirmed; HA clusters cost 2-3x more; outbound bandwidth billed at $0.005-0.015/GB; backups are a separate add-on.
Before you switch
| $650/mo |
| 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU |
| Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 64 GB - Standalone | $950/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1280 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Discovery-B3-64 | $1181.87/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Discovery-B3-64 | $1351.6/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Discovery-B3-64 | $1351.6/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - ClickHouse · Discovery-B3-64 | $1382.77/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| Fly.io | Managed Postgres · Performance | $1922/mo | 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production B3-64 | $1969.69/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Production B3-64 | $2272.34/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
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