What's good about...
Cloudways
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
Heroku
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
Price comparison
How do Cloudways's prices compare against Heroku?
VM Small
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VM Large
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Load Balancer
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Managed PostgreSQL
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Managed Redis®*
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Free egress allowance
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Cloudways and Heroku offer:
Company details
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|---|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com | heroku.com |
| Headquarters |
United States of America 
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United States of America
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| Founded | 2012 | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Heroku on Feb. 12, 2026.