Flightcontrol
vs
Heroku
Heroku gives you a great developer experience but it can get expensive as you scale. Flightcontrol gives you the PaaS experience but on top of your AWS account, so you have more control over the underlying infra and its costs.
What's good about each
- Your AWS infrastructure is managed by a seasoned devops team at a fraction of the cost
- Excellent documentation and easy-to-use dashboard
- Great developer experience: preview environments, rollbacks, notifications, monitoring
- Deploy close to your users, supports 28 AWS regions
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Flightcontrol | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $250.00 /mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $500.00 /mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 2 TB / mo per app | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo) |
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.
Company details
| Fact | Flightcontrol | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2007 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | Cal.com, Remi, Cascade PBS, Drive, Productlane | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
| Website | flightcontrol.dev | heroku.com |
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Our data for Flightcontrol was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Heroku on Feb. 12, 2026.