Heroku
vs
HyperAI
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
- Free CPU tier with 8 vCPU and 16 GB RAM
- Every GPU model available in 1, 2, 4, and 8-GPU shapes
- Pro membership at $4.99 / mo includes 30 hours of RTX 5090 compute and 50 GB storage
- 20 GB of persistent storage included at no cost
- Curated datasets and tutorials launch directly into containers
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Heroku | HyperAI | 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 | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $9.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| 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 | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed Soft limit of 2 TB / mo per app | -- Not listed |
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
HyperAI offers 5 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Heroku. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Heroku | HyperAI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs
|
-- | $1.53 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | HyperAI only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs
|
-- | $0.48 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | HyperAI only |
|
RTX 5090
8 configs
|
-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | HyperAI only |
|
RTX 3090
8 configs
|
-- | $0.06 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | HyperAI only |
|
V100
4 configs
|
-- | $0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | HyperAI only |
HyperAI bills on-demand and reserved (1 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Heroku | HyperAI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| 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 | HyperAI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | USA | Hong Kong |
| Locations | 10 | -- |
| Example customers | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall | -- |
| Website | heroku.com | hyper.ai |
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for HyperAI on Sept. 23, 2026.