What's good about...
DigitalOcean
- Wide range of managed services: from databases to serverless to Kubernetes
- Many VPS configurations available (GPUs, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Plenty of datacenter locations around the world
- There's lots of guides, docs and community tutorials online
Heroku
- As easy as it gets if you just want to deploy a Git repo
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against Heroku?
| Example configuration |
DigitalOcean
|
Heroku
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) |
| VM Medium | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) |
| VM Large | $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) |
| Block Storage | $10.00 / mo 100 GB | -- |
| Object Storage | $20.00 / mo 1 TiB | -- |
| Load Balancer | $12.00 / mo | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $34.69 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- |
| Free egress allowance | 100 GB - 10 TB / mo per instance | 2 TB / mo per app |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 | Not publicly listed |
Note: Our 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 DigitalOcean and Heroku offer:
| Service |
DigitalOcean
|
Heroku
|
|---|---|---|
| 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) | -- |
Company details
|
DigitalOcean
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 | 10 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
|
DigitalOcean
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 10 |
| Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Heroku on July 26, 2024.