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Heroku vs Hot Aisle

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What's good about...

Heroku logo Heroku

  • Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
  • Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
  • Extensive add-on marketplace

Hot Aisle logo Hot Aisle

  • Simple, competitive pricing at $1.99/GPU/h
  • Self-serve platform with bare metal access
  • SOC2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant
  • Hosted in a Tier 5 facility 100% powered by renewable energy

Price comparison

How do Heroku's prices compare against Hot Aisle?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Heroku Heroku
$50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Heroku Heroku
$250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Heroku Heroku
$500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Heroku Heroku
Included in plan
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Heroku Heroku
$50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Heroku Heroku
$200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Free egress allowance

Heroku Heroku
2 TB / mo per app
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Heroku Heroku
Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Hot Aisle logo Hot Aisle Pricing Details

Hot Aisle offers three tiers: Small (1x MI300X), Medium (2-4x MI300X), and Large (8x MI300X bare metal). All plans are priced at $1.99/GPU/hr, billed by the minute with no contracts.

CPU cores scale with GPU count:

  • Small (1x): 8 or 13 cores
  • Medium (2x): 26 cores
  • Medium (4x): 52 cores
  • Large (8x): 64 or 102 cores

The full specs are available here.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Heroku Heroku
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Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
$1.99/hr

Billing Options

Heroku Heroku
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Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
On-DemandCustomReserved (1mo)

Available Models

Hot Aisle offers 2 GPU models.

Heroku Heroku
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Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
MI300X(6) MI355X(1)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Heroku and Hot Aisle offer:

Service Heroku Hot Aisle
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Performance Monitoring

Company details

Website
Heroku Heroku
heroku.com
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
hotaisle.xyz
Headquarters
Heroku Heroku
United States of America
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
United States of America
Founded
Heroku Heroku
2007
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
2023
Data Center Locations
Heroku Heroku
10
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
1
Example Customers
Heroku Heroku
Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Hot Aisle on March 26, 2026.

Thunder Compute Logo
Thunder Compute
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now