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Heroku vs Spheron

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What's good about...

Heroku logo Heroku

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

Spheron logo Spheron

  • Aggregates GPU supply from five data center partners
  • Blackwell B200 and B300 nodes offered on spot
  • Partner facilities certified to ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA
  • Regions in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East

Price comparison

How do Heroku's prices compare against Spheron?

VM Small

Heroku Heroku
$50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X)
Spheron Spheron
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VM Medium

Heroku Heroku
$250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M)
Spheron Spheron
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VM Large

Heroku Heroku
$500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L)
Spheron Spheron
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Load Balancer

Heroku Heroku
Included in plan
Spheron Spheron
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Managed PostgreSQL

Heroku Heroku
$50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage
Spheron Spheron
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Managed Redis®*

Heroku Heroku
$200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Spheron Spheron
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Free egress allowance

Heroku Heroku
2 TB / mo per app
Spheron Spheron
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Heroku Heroku
Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo)
Spheron Spheron
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GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Heroku Heroku
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Spheron Spheron
On-DemandSpot

Available Models

Spheron offers 9 GPU models.

Heroku Heroku
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Spheron Spheron
H100(7) A100(8) H200(2) L40S(21) B200(1) B300(1) RTX A6000(2) L40(9) A4000(1)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Heroku and Spheron offer:

Service Heroku Spheron
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Performance Monitoring

Company details

Website
Heroku Heroku
heroku.com
Spheron Spheron
www.spheron.ai
Headquarters
Heroku Heroku
United States of America US flag
Spheron Spheron
Singapore SG flag
Founded
Heroku Heroku
2007
Spheron Spheron
2020
Data Center Locations
Heroku Heroku
10
Spheron Spheron
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Example Customers
Heroku Heroku
Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify
Spheron Spheron
Prem AI, Wafer, Compute Desk, Baseten, Stanford University, UC Berkeley

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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Spheron on Sept. 3, 2026.