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Heroku vs Lade

Heroku provides a more mature platform with extensive add-ons, while Lade offers simpler pricing and deployment focused on essential services.

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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

Lade logo Lade

  • Simple deployment process with support for multiple programming languages
  • High-availability infrastructure with automatic failover
  • Managed databases with automated daily backups
  • Real-time log collection and monitoring

Price comparison

How do Heroku's prices compare against Lade?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Heroku Heroku
$50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X)
Lade Lade
$10.00 / mo 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Heroku Heroku
$250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M)
Lade Lade
$80.00 / mo 2 CPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Heroku Heroku
$500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L)
Lade Lade
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Heroku Heroku
--
Lade Lade
$9.60 / mo 64 GB

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
Lade Lade
Included in plan

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
Lade Lade
$40.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 32 GB storage

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
Lade Lade
$10.00 / mo 1 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Heroku Heroku
2 TB / mo per app
Lade Lade
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Heroku Heroku
Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo)
Lade Lade
$50.00 $0.05 / GB

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 Lade offer:

Service Heroku Lade
Block Storage
Managed Containers
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Performance Monitoring

Company details

Website
Heroku Heroku
heroku.com
Lade Lade
lade.io
Headquarters
Heroku Heroku
United States of America
Lade Lade
United States of America
Founded
Heroku Heroku
2007
Lade Lade
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Data Center Locations
Heroku Heroku
10
Lade Lade
9
Example Customers
Heroku Heroku
Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify
Lade Lade
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Lade on Feb. 12, 2026.

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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