The Basics

Heroku
Website heroku.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2007
Data Center Locations 10
Example Customers Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify
Oracle Cloud
Website www.oracle.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2016
Data Center Locations 39
Example Customers Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia

Cost Comparison

How do Heroku's prices compare against Oracle Cloud?

Example configuration Heroku Oracle Cloud
VM Small $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) $10.42 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex - 50% burstable)
VM Medium $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) $27.53 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex - 50% burstable)
VM Large $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) $92.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)
Block Storage -- $4.25 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $25.57 / mo
Load Balancer Included in plan $7.86 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage $70.56 / mo 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.Flex.E4)
Managed Redis®* $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM $27.94 / mo 2 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 2 TB / mo per app 10 TB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Not publicly listed $8.50 1 TB

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 Oracle Cloud offer:

Service Heroku Oracle Cloud
Block Storage --
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
Container Registry --
GPU-powered Servers --
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage --
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Serverless Functions --
Static Sites --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

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Our data for Heroku was last updated on March 28, 2024, and for Oracle Cloud on Feb. 10, 2024.