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Heroku Postgres · $18500/mo (768 GB RAM, 5120 GB)
Heroku Shield-L-9 at $18,500/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs offered. Linode's Managed Database Dedicated G7 512GB delivers comparable performance at 40% less cost, and Oracle's serverless option provides a budget entry point, though neither perfectly matches Heroku's feature set.
512GB RAM and 7200GB NVMe storage at confirmed pricing, with 99.99% SLA and 112 dedicated vCPU vs Heroku's shared infrastructure.
Caveat: Standalone (no HA); HA clustering costs 2-3x more; outbound bandwidth overages at $0.005-0.015/GB; backups are a separate 20-25% add-on.
Extreme cost advantage for development or light workloads with serverless auto-scaling and 99.95% SLA.
Caveat: 1 ECPU is far below Shield-L-9 specs; storage billed separately at $0.0257/GB/month; not suitable for production workloads matching Heroku's tier.
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 |
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