Cloudflare
vs
Heroku
What's good about each
- Every service runs in every datacenter, 300+ cities
- No egress fees on R2 object storage or Workers
- Free tier covers CDN, DNS, WAF and DDoS mitigation
- One platform for serverless compute, storage, SQL and vector search
- 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 | Cloudflare | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Standard-2X) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $250.00 /mo 2.5 GB RAM (Performance-M) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $500.00 /mo 14 GB RAM (Performance-L) | |
| Object storage | $15.81 /mo 1 TB (R2 Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage (Standard-0) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Premium-5) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Serverless | $82.50 /mo 25M invocations, 150 ms CPU time | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 2 TB / mo per app | |
| Egress | Free for most services | 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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cloudflare | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Enterprise only | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, some products | Level 1, Heroku Shield only |
| FedRAMP | High, Cloudflare for Government | -- |
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 | Cloudflare | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 2007 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 312 | 10 |
| Example customers | Shopify, DoorDash, Discord, Intercom, Zendesk | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall |
| Website | cloudflare.com | heroku.com |
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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Heroku on Sept. 18, 2026.