Fal.ai vs Heroku

How do Fal.ai's prices compare against Heroku?

Example configuration	Fal.ai	Heroku
VM Small	--	$50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X)
VM Medium	--	$250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M)
VM Large	--	$500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L)
Load Balancer	--	Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	--	$200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance	--	2 TB / mo per app
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	--	Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo)

Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:

• GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
• Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.

Fal.ai GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
A6000	1x A6000	48GB	--	--	$0.60	Source
A100	1x A100	40GB	--	--	$0.99	Source
H100	1x H100	80GB	--	--	$1.89	Source
H200	1x H200	141GB	--	--	$2.10	Source
B200	1x B200	184GB	--	--	On Request	Source

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.

Here are some managed services that Fal.ai and Heroku offer:

Service	Fal.ai	Heroku
GPU-powered Servers		--
Managed Containers	--
Managed PostgreSQL	--
Managed Redis®*	--

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