Heroku vs Replicate

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Heroku

Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
Extensive add-on marketplace

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

How do Heroku's prices compare against Replicate?

Example configuration	Heroku	Replicate
VM Small	$50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X)	--
VM Medium	$250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M)	--
VM Large	$500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L)	--
Load Balancer	Included in plan	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage	--
Managed Redis®*	$200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM	--
Free egress allowance	2 TB / mo per app	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo)	--

Replicate uses a metered billing model. You only pay as long as your code is running, billed by the second based on the hardware selected.

Replicate offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Nvidia T4	1x T4	16GB	4	16GB	$0.81	Source
Nvidia A40 (Small)	1x A40	48GB	4	16GB	$2.07	Source
Nvidia A40 (Large)	1x A40	48GB	10	72GB	$2.61	Source
Nvidia A100 (40GB)	1x A100	40GB	10	72GB	$4.14	Source
Nvidia A100 (80GB)	1x A100	80GB	10	144GB	$5.04	Source
2x Nvidia A40 (Large)	2x A40	96GB	20	144GB	$5.22	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (40GB)	2x A100	80GB	20	144GB	$8.28	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	2x A100	160GB	20	288GB	$10.08	Source
4x Nvidia A40 (Large)	4x A40	192GB	40	288GB	$10.44	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (40GB)	4x A100	160GB	40	288GB	$16.56	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	4x A100	320GB	40	576GB	$20.16	Source
8x Nvidia A40 (Large)	8x A40	384GB	48	680GB	$20.88	Source
8x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	8x A100	640GB	80	960GB	$40.32	Source

Note: Our 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 managed services that Heroku and Replicate offer:

Service	Heroku	Replicate
GPU-powered Servers	--
Managed Containers		--
Managed PostgreSQL		--
Managed Redis®*		--

Company details

	Heroku	Replicate
Website	heroku.com	replicate.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2007	2019
Data Center Locations	10	--
Example Customers	Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify	BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro

	Heroku
Website	heroku.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2007
Data Center Locations	10
Example Customers	Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify

	Replicate
Website	replicate.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2019
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro