Heroku
vs
Netlify
What's good about each
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
- Specialized in Jamstack architectures: JS, APIs and Markup
- Extensive functionality such as forms, edge functions and analytics
- Pro plan bills per team, not per seat, with unlimited members
- Free plan includes 300 credits per month with a hard spend limit
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Heroku | Netlify | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $50.00 /mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $250.00 /mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $500.00 /mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $69.44 /mo 25M invocations, 1 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration · Compute billed at 10 credits / GB-hour | |
| Egress allowance | 2 TB / mo per app | Covered by plan credits (~15 GB) | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo) | $133.33 /TB 20 credits / GB ($0.13 / GB) |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Heroku | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 16 |
| Example customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify | Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp |
| Website | heroku.com | netlify.com |
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Netlify on July 27, 2026.