AWS
vs
Heroku
What's good about each
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
- Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
- 30+ datacenter locations around the world
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AWS | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $7.49 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) | $50.00 /mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) | 6.7x more expensive on Heroku |
| Medium VM | $119.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) | $250.00 /mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) | 2.1x more expensive on Heroku |
| Large VM | $248.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) | $500.00 /mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) | 2x more expensive on Heroku |
| Block storage | $8.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $24.63 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $57.59 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage | 13% cheaper on Heroku |
| Redis | $24.82 /mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM | 8.1x more expensive on Heroku |
| Load balancer | $22.57 /mo Network Load Balancer | Included in plan | |
| Serverless | $36.26 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 2 TB / mo per app | |
| Egress | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB (North America) | Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo) |
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
AWS offers 18 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Heroku. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AWS | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
|
B300
1 config
|
$17.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
B200
1 config
|
$14.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs
|
$3.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$7.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
A100
6 configs
|
$1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
$10.58 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- | AWS only |
|
L40S
24 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | AWS only |
|
L4
30 configs
|
$0.37 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
AWS bills on-demand and reserved (12 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | AWS | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 | 2007 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | 10 |
| Example customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | heroku.com |
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Our data for AWS was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Heroku on Feb. 12, 2026.