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Heroku Postgres · $400/mo (15 GB RAM, 512 GB)
Heroku Standard-3 at $400/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs and carries substantial hidden-cost risks (tier-lock-in on overages, reliability cliffs, unpublished Advanced pricing). Multiple providers offer 8GB RAM / 2-4 vCPU managed databases at $76-$170/mo with better or equal SLAs and no forced-upgrade traps.
Lowest absolute price at 1/5 Heroku cost; 99.99% SLA matches or beats Standard-3; transparent bandwidth overage model ($0.01/GB) with no tier-lock surprises.
Caveat: OpenSearch is a search/analytics engine, not a relational database; verify your workload fits the product type before migrating.
| 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 1/5 Heroku cost; 99.9% SLA; 20GB SSD storage included; no connection-limit overages forcing tier jumps.
Caveat: Non-HA single-node tier; if you need HA, costs will rise; egress overages charged at EUR 0.01/GB after 75GB free.
Native PostgreSQL with 8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 160-800GB usable storage; 99.99% SLA; per-node pricing is transparent ($0.2315/hr) with no surprise tier locks.
Caveat: Single-node only at this tier; APAC egress loses free status after mid-2026; IPv4 addresses billed separately.
Native PostgreSQL at 1/4 Heroku cost; 99.95% SLA; 8GB RAM, 2 vCPU; simpler pricing model than Heroku with no hidden reliability cliffs.
Caveat: Persistent disk storage ($0.25/GB/mo) and bandwidth overages ($0.15/GB est.) billed separately; storage overage at $0.30/GB/mo can add up quickly.
2-node HA cluster (vs Heroku single-node Standard-3) at less than half the price; 99.999% SLA; 4 vCPU per node, 50GB storage per node.
Caveat: MySQL, not PostgreSQL; backup add-ons (10-60% surcharge) and MaxIOPS storage on Premium plans can increase costs; verify Fair Transfer Policy limits.
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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