Heroku
vs
Oracle Cloud
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
- 10 TB of free egress each month
- Same compute and storage prices in every region
- Flexible shapes with CPU and memory sized separately
- Oracle Database inside AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Always Free tier with Arm VMs and databases
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Heroku | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $50.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Standard-2X) | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | 93% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $250.00 /mo 2.5 GB RAM (Performance-M) | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 82% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Large VM | $500.00 /mo 14 GB RAM (Performance-L) | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 82% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage (Standard-0) | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | 58% cheaper on Heroku |
| Redis | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Premium-5) | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | 86% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | Free Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 2 TB / mo per app | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed Soft limit of 2 TB / mo per app | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) |
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
Oracle Cloud offers 15 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Heroku. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Heroku | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
-- | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | $16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | $18.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
Oracle Cloud bills on-demand. 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 | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Heroku Shield only | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High, US Government Cloud |
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 | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 45 |
| Example customers | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | heroku.com | www.oracle.com |
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.