The Basics
Heroku | Linode | |
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Website | heroku.com | www.linode.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2007 | 2003 |
Data Center Locations | 10 | 24 |
Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify | Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy |
Heroku | |
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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 |
Linode | |
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Website | www.linode.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2003 |
Data Center Locations | 24 |
Example Customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy |
Cost Comparison
How do Heroku's prices compare against Linode?
Example configuration | Heroku | Linode |
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VM Small | $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) | $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
VM Medium | $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) |
VM Large | $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) | $114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated) |
Block Storage | -- | $16.00 / mo 160 GB |
Object Storage | -- | $20.00 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | Included in plan | $10.00 / mo |
Managed PostgreSQL | $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage | $65.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM | -- |
Free egress allowance | 2 TB / mo per app | 1-20 TB / mo per instance |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Not publicly listed | $5.00 |
Note: These 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 Linode offer:
Service | Heroku | Linode |
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Block Storage | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Load Balancer | -- | |
Managed Containers | -- | |
Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
Managed MySQL | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | ||
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Object Storage | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
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More comparisonsOur data for Heroku was last updated on March 28, 2024, and for Linode on Feb. 8, 2024.