Civo
vs
Heroku
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- 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 | Civo | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $50.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Standard-2X) | 89% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $250.00 /mo 2.5 GB RAM (Performance-M) | 83% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $500.00 /mo 14 GB RAM (Performance-L) | 72% cheaper on Civo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage (Standard-0) | 13% cheaper on Civo |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Premium-5) | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 2 TB / mo per app | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | 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
Civo offers 6 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Heroku.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Civo | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Civo | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2007 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 10 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall |
| Website | civo.com | heroku.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 21, 2026, and for Heroku on Sept. 18, 2026.