What's good about...
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
Hetzner
- High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
- EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some
Price comparison
How do Heroku's prices compare against Hetzner?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) | $4.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) |
VM Medium | $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) | $8.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) |
VM Large | $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) | $21.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) |
Block Storage | -- | $5.64 / mo 100 GB |
Load Balancer | Included in plan | $6.91 / mo LB11 |
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 | 20-60 TB / mo per instance |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Not publicly listed | $1.09 |
Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | Total GPU Memory | vCPUs | RAM | Price per hour |
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GEX44 | 1x RTX4000 | 20GB | 14 | 64GB | $0.38 |
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 Heroku and Hetzner offer:
Service |
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Block Storage | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Load Balancer | -- | |
Managed Containers | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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Website | heroku.com | hetzner.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Germany 🇩🇪 |
Founded | 2007 | 1997 |
Data Center Locations | 10 | 5 |
Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
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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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Website | hetzner.com |
Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 |
Founded | 1997 |
Data Center Locations | 5 |
Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
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More comparisonsOur data for Heroku was last updated on July 26, 2024, and for Hetzner on July 24, 2024.