Heroku
vs
Hugging Face
What's good about each
- Add-on marketplace for databases, logging, monitoring and email
- Postgres with forks, followers and rollback
- Network-isolated Private Spaces across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific
- Salesforce integration through Heroku Connect and AppLink
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Heroku | Hugging Face | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $50.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Standard-2X) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $250.00 /mo 2.5 GB RAM (Performance-M) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $500.00 /mo 14 GB RAM (Performance-L) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | |
| PostgreSQL | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage (Standard-0) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Premium-5) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 2 TB / mo per app | 8x the amount of data stored | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed Soft limit of 2 TB / mo per app | Included within the allowance |
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.
GPUs
Hugging Face offers 7 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Heroku. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Heroku | Hugging Face | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
-- | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
L4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
A10G
4 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
Hugging Face bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Heroku | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Performance Monitoring |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Heroku | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Enterprise plan only |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Heroku Shield only | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Heroku | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 10 | -- |
| Example customers | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 |
| Website | heroku.com | huggingface.co |
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hugging Face on Sept. 24, 2026.