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Heroku Postgres · $600/mo (8 GB RAM, 256 GB)
Heroku Private-2 at $600/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs and reliability tier. Multiple providers offer comparable or superior database performance at 10-15% of the cost, with better SLAs and fewer hidden gotchas. The Heroku tier also lacks published Advanced pricing and carries substantial private-network premiums.
Industry-leading 99.999% SLA (vs Heroku's 99.5% Essential or unpublished Advanced), 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50GB disk at less than 12% of Heroku's price.
Caveat: Backup add-ons (10-60% surcharge) and data transfer overages beyond Fair Policy can add cost; single-node only (no HA included).
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch Basic 4GB | $37.05/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 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 |
99.99% SLA, 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80-240GB usable storage at 11% of Heroku cost; transparent per-GB overage pricing for storage.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026; single node (no HA).
99.99% SLA, 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80GB SSD at 11% of Heroku; straightforward pricing with no private-network premium.
Caveat: Price is estimated from linear node pricing (not directly confirmed); HA clusters cost 2-3x more; backups are a separate add-on (~20-25% surcharge).
99.9% SLA, 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120GB disk, 100GB transfer included at 10% of Heroku; AWS ecosystem integration if already in AWS.
Caveat: Data transfer overage varies by region ($0.09-$0.132/GB); Windows bundles cost 70-90% more; compute-only estimate may not include storage.
8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20GB SSD at 13% of Heroku; 99.9-99.99% SLA depending on tier; no private-network isolation premium.
Caveat: Non-HA (single node); object storage egress charged at EUR 0.01/GB after 75GB free; dedicated Kubernetes control plane is a paid add-on.
Before you switch
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| OVHcloud | Analytics - Managed Dashboards (Grafana) · Essential DB1-4 | $55.77/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-Reg 2vCPU/4GB (0 rep) | $60/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 4GB Standard | $60/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · Single-node 2x4GB-50GB | $60/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50 GB | 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 |
| UpCloud | Managed PostgreSQL · Single-node 2x4GB-50GB | $68.61/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Essential DB1-4 | $70.08/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-PRO2-XXS (non-HA) | $80/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server · General Purpose D2s | $95/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Kafka · Kafka Connect Essential DB1-4 | $98.62/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
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