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Heroku Postgres · $2000/mo (122 GB RAM, 1536 GB)
Heroku Standard-6 at $2000/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs. Oracle Cloud's serverless Autonomous Database starts at $245/mo with auto-scaling, and even Fly.io's managed Postgres at $1922/mo undercuts Heroku while including HA and backups. Multiple providers offer 64GB RAM managed databases in the $566-$1350/mo range, making Heroku's pricing roughly 1.5-8x higher for comparable workloads.
Serverless auto-scaling with pay-per-use model; storage billed separately at $0.0257/GB/month means you only pay for what you use, not a fixed 1.5TB tier.
Caveat: 1 ECPU is roughly 0.5 OCPU equivalent workload capacity, so this is suitable only for light-to-moderate workloads; storage and block volume performance are billed separately and can add up.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) · Serverless - 1 ECPU | $245.28/mo | 1 vCPU | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch Memory Optimized 64GB | $566.85/mo | 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · Valkey Mem-Opt 8vCPU/64GB (0 rep) |
64GB RAM, 8 vCPU for $566.85/mo with 99.99% SLA; straightforward pricing with only bandwidth overages as a hidden cost.
Caveat: This is an OpenSearch tier, not PostgreSQL; verify your workload is compatible with OpenSearch before switching.
64GB RAM, 8 vCPU for $650/mo with 100% network uptime SLA; clean pricing model with minimal hidden costs.
Caveat: This is a Valkey (Redis-compatible) tier, not PostgreSQL; bandwidth overage rates vary by data center location.
64GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1280GB SSD for $950/mo with 99.99% SLA; significantly cheaper than Heroku for comparable specs.
Caveat: Price is ESTIMATED from linear node pricing and not directly confirmed; backups and HA are separate add-ons that can increase total cost by 20-75%.
64GB RAM, 8 vCPU with HA, backups, and connection pooling included; nearly identical to Heroku's price but with more reliability features baked in.
Caveat: Storage billed separately at $0.28/GB; machine prices vary by region; no published platform SLA unless on Enterprise support.
Before you switch
| $650/mo |
| 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU |
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| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 64 GB - Standalone | $950/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1280 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Discovery-B3-64 | $1181.87/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Discovery-B3-64 | $1351.6/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Discovery-B3-64 | $1351.6/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - ClickHouse · Discovery-B3-64 | $1382.77/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| Fly.io | Managed Postgres · Performance | $1922/mo | 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production B3-64 | $1969.69/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Production B3-64 | $2272.34/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
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