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Heroku Postgres · $1200/mo (15 GB RAM, 512 GB)
Heroku Shield-3 at $1200/mo is dramatically overpriced for the specs. You can get comparable or better managed database performance for 85-95% less from DigitalOcean, Scaleway, Azure, or Render. The main trade-off is storage capacity (Shield-3 offers 512GB vs 8-20GB on cheaper tiers), but unless you genuinely need that much disk, the alternatives deliver far better value.
Lowest absolute cost with 99.99% SLA, 8GB RAM, and 4 vCPU; bandwidth overages are the only real hidden cost and are predictable at $0.01/GB.
Caveat: Only 8GB RAM vs Shield-3's 15GB, and this is OpenSearch not Postgres; verify your workload fits the smaller footprint.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch Basic 8GB | $76.25/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 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 |
Native PostgreSQL at 93% savings, 8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20GB SSD, and 99.9% SLA; egress overages are minimal for most workloads.
Caveat: No High Availability; if you need HA, you'll pay more; storage is only 20GB vs Shield-3's 512GB.
Native PostgreSQL, 8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 99.99% SLA, and significant discounts available (38% off 1-yr, 55% off 3-yr reserved instances).
Caveat: Compute-only estimate; storage and IOPS billed separately and can add 20-40% to the base price; requires careful cost modeling.
Simple, transparent pricing for 8GB RAM and 2 vCPU; 99.95% SLA is nearly as good as Shield-3; no surprise tier-lock-in.
Caveat: Storage billed separately at $0.25/GB/month; bandwidth overages at ~$0.15/GB; total cost rises quickly if you exceed included storage.
Native PostgreSQL, 8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 160-800GB usable storage, 99.99% SLA, and significantly more storage than Render or Scaleway.
Caveat: Storage is still only 160-800GB vs Shield-3's 512GB; APAC egress loses free tier after mid-2026; single-node only (no HA).
Before you switch
| $95/mo |
| 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU |
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| Render | Render Postgres · Pro-8gb | $100/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Managed Dashboards (Grafana) · Production B3-8 | $107.75/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 8GB Standard | $115/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 240 GB | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-Reg 4vCPU/8GB (0 rep) | $120/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Discovery-B3-8 | $127.17/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 8 GB - Standalone | $130/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Discovery-B3-8 | $147.75/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Discovery-B3-8 | $169/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Discovery-B3-8 | $169/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Kafka · Kafka Connect Discovery-B3-8 | $173.01/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · 2-node 4x8GB-50GB | $175/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 50 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - ClickHouse · Discovery-B3-8 | $212.65/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
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