Heroku
vs
Azure
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
- Integrates with Entra ID, Microsoft 365, GitHub and Visual Studio
- Azure Arc and Azure Stack for hybrid and multicloud
- OpenAI models served through Azure AI Foundry
- 100+ compliance offerings, regional and industry-specific
- 60+ regions worldwide
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Heroku | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $50.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Standard-2X) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 86% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $250.00 /mo 2.5 GB RAM (Performance-M) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 62% cheaper on Azure |
| Large VM | $500.00 /mo 14 GB RAM (Performance-L) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 54% cheaper on Azure |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage (Standard-0) | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | 9% cheaper on Heroku |
| Redis | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Premium-5) | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | 88% cheaper on Azure |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | $23.00 /mo Standard | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 2 TB / mo per app | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed Soft limit of 2 TB / mo per app | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) |
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
Azure offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Heroku. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Heroku | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs
|
-- | $1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
-- | $1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
|
A100
20 configs
|
-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
-- | $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
T4
16 configs
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
A10
12 configs
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Azure only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 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 | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Heroku Shield only | Level 1 |
| FedRAMP | -- | High |
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 | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 66 |
| Example customers | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | heroku.com | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 20, 2026.