The Basics
Amazon Web Services
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Heroku
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|---|---|---|
| Website | aws.amazon.com | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2006 | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 31 | 10 |
| Example Customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
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Amazon Web Services
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|---|---|
| Website | aws.amazon.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Data Center Locations | 31 |
| Example Customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro |
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Heroku
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|---|---|
| Website | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 10 |
| Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
Cost Comparison
How do Amazon Web Services's prices compare against Heroku?
| Example configuration |
Amazon Web Services
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Heroku
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|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) | $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) |
| VM Medium | $119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) | $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) |
| VM Large | $248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) | $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) |
| Block Storage | $8.00 / mo 100 GB | -- |
| Object Storage | $24.63 / mo 1 TB | -- |
| Load Balancer | $22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $114.58 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) | $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- |
| Free egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 2 TB / mo per app |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $92.16 | Not publicly listed |
Note: These pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer?
Here are some of the managed services that Amazon Web Services and Heroku offer:
| Service |
Amazon Web Services
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Heroku
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|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
| Container Registry | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Serverless Functions | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
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Our data for Amazon Web Services was last updated on Feb. 29, 2024, and for Heroku on March 28, 2024.