AceCloud
vs
Heroku
What's good about each
- Good range of high-performance NVIDIA GPUs
- On-demand billing with instance hibernation to optimize savings
- Operates 10+ data centers globally including locations in India and USA
- Offers 24/7 support with 99.99% uptime SLA
- Free credits for new users (₹20,000/$200 for 30 days)
- Add-on marketplace for databases, logging, monitoring and email
- Postgres with forks, followers and rollback
- Network-isolated Private Spaces across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific
- Salesforce integration through Heroku Connect and AppLink
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AceCloud | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM (C3a.medium) | $50.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Standard-2X) | 70% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Medium VM | $60.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (C3a.xlarge) | $250.00 /mo 2.5 GB RAM (Performance-M) | 76% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Large VM | $119.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (C3a.2xlarge) | $500.00 /mo 14 GB RAM (Performance-L) | 76% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Block storage | $9.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $10.24 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage (Standard-0) | 33% cheaper on Heroku |
| Redis | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Premium-5) | 63% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Load balancer | $16.00 /mo | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 2 TB / mo per app | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Not publicly listed Soft limit of 2 TB / mo per app |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AceCloud offers 9 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Heroku. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AceCloud | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
12 configs
|
$3.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
21 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
H200
18 configs
|
$3.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
A100
9 configs
|
$1.65 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
$1.37 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
9 configs
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
L4
15 configs
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
RTX A6000
11 configs
|
$0.85 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
A30
12 configs
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
AceCloud bills on-demand and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | AceCloud | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1, Heroku Shield only |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | AceCloud | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2007 |
| Headquarters | India | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 10 |
| Example customers | Spherum, IIT Madras, Inflolabs, VjJTechnologies | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall |
| Website | acecloud.ai | heroku.com |
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Our data for AceCloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Heroku on Sept. 18, 2026.