Heroku
vs
Ravion
Both run managed containers, Postgres and Redis. Ravion provisions them inside a customer's own AWS account, while Heroku hosts apps on its own dynos.
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
- Resources run in the customer's AWS account, billed by AWS
- Terraform module library for ECS, Lambda, RDS and ElastiCache
- Agent skill and CLI for deploys from coding agents
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Heroku | Ravion | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $50.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Standard-2X) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $250.00 /mo 2.5 GB RAM (Performance-M) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $500.00 /mo 14 GB RAM (Performance-L) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage (Standard-0) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Premium-5) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 2 TB / mo per app | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed Soft limit of 2 TB / mo per app | -- Not listed |
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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Heroku | Ravion |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Heroku Shield only | -- |
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 | Ravion |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 10 | -- |
| Example customers | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall | Ember, CivCore, Productlane, Remi, Stadion |
| Website | heroku.com | www.ravion.com |
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Ravion on Sept. 18, 2026.