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Heroku Postgres · $750/mo (30.5 GB RAM, 768 GB)
Heroku Standard-4 at $750/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs offered. Multiple providers deliver comparable or superior database performance at 50-80% lower cost, with better SLAs and fewer hidden reliability cliffs. The Heroku Postgres Essential tier's 99.5% SLA and lack of HA/fork/follow creates a dangerous downgrade trap.
Cheapest option by far at $140/mo with 99.99% SLA, 2 vCPU, and 16GB RAM; bandwidth overages are transparent and rare for typical database workloads.
Caveat: OpenSearch is search/analytics-focused, not a direct Postgres replacement; verify your workload fits this engine before migrating.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch Memory Optimized 16GB | $140.1/mo | 16 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-PRO2-XS | $158/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 50 GB SSD | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · Valkey Mem-Opt 2vCPU/16GB (0 rep) |
Native PostgreSQL at $158/mo with 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 50GB SSD, and 99.9-99.99% SLA; no hidden reliability tiers or fork/follow restrictions.
Caveat: Egress from Object Storage charged at EUR 0.01/GB after 75GB free; verify your region's SLA tier (varies by location).
In-memory database at $160/mo with 100% network uptime SLA and transparent pricing; good for cache/session layers.
Caveat: Valkey is Redis-compatible, not PostgreSQL; bandwidth overage rates vary by data center location.
AWS managed database at $245/mo with 4 vCPU, 480GB disk, 300GB transfer, and 99.9% SLA; familiar AWS ecosystem and encryption included.
Caveat: Data transfer overages are steep ($0.09-$0.132/GB depending on region); total cost can spike with heavy egress.
Native PostgreSQL at $338/mo with 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 320GB-1.6TB storage, and 99.99% SLA; no hidden reliability cliffs.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026; HA clusters cost 2-3x more.
Before you switch
| $160/mo |
| 16 GB RAM, 2 vCPU |
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| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 16GB Standard | $245/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 480 GB | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) · Serverless - 1 ECPU | $245.28/mo | 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 16 GB - Standalone | $250/mo | 16 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 320 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Discovery-B3-16 | $284.04/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Discovery-B3-16 | $295.5/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Discovery-B3-16 | $337.92/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Discovery-B3-16 | $337.92/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Kafka · Kafka Connect Discovery-B3-16 | $339.01/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - ClickHouse · Discovery-B3-16 | $402.6/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production B3-16 | $506.99/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Fly.io | Managed Postgres · Scale | $962/mo | 32 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
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