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Heroku Postgres · $50/mo (4 GB RAM, 64 GB)
Heroku Standard-0 at $50/mo is expensive for its specs and carries significant hidden-cost risks (reliability cliffs, overage-forced upgrades, unpublished Advanced pricing). Several providers offer comparable or better 4GB RAM tiers at lower cost with more transparent pricing and higher SLAs.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-DEV-S | $11/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server · Burstable B1ms | $12.41/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch Basic 2GB |
4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80-240GB storage at $64.24/mo with 99.99% SLA and transparent per-GB overage pricing.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026.
4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80GB SSD at $65/mo with 99.99% SLA; price estimated from pattern but aligns with published Linode tiers.
Caveat: Spec is ESTIMATED not directly confirmed; backups and HA are paid add-ons; bandwidth overage at $0.005-0.015/GB.
Cheapest 2GB option at $30/mo with 100GB transfer included and 99.9% SLA; good for non-production or lower-scale workloads.
Caveat: Only 2GB RAM vs Heroku's 4GB; data transfer overage varies by region ($0.09-0.132/GB); 99.9% SLA is lower than Heroku Standard.
Before you switch
| $19.6/mo |
| 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU |
| Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 2GB Standard | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 80 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed PostgreSQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-HP 2vCPU/2GB (0 rep) | $54/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production DB2-2 | $54.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 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 | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Managed Dashboards (Grafana) · Essential DB1-4 | $55.77/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | 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 |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Essential DB1-4 | $70.08/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
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