Heroku vs Supabase

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
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

Supabase

Full PostgreSQL access: direct access to the database, not an abstraction
Open Source: Avoids vendor lock-in and can be self-hosted
Combines database, authentication, storage, and serverless functions in one platform
Generous free tier: suitable for small projects

Price comparison

How do Heroku's prices compare against Supabase?

Example configuration	Heroku	Supabase
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)	--
Object Storage	--	$21.00 / mo 1 TB + 250 GB reads/writes
Load Balancer	Included in plan	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage	$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 8 GB Storage
Managed Redis®*	$200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM	--
Serverless 25M Executions	--	$50.00 / mo $2 per 1 Million (excl. free allowance)
Free egress allowance	2 TB / mo per app	5-250 GB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo)	$90.00 $0.09 / GB

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 Supabase offer:

Service	Heroku	Supabase
Content Delivery Network (CDN)	--
Managed Containers		--
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*		--
Object Storage	--
Serverless Cron Jobs	--
Serverless Functions	--

Company details

	Heroku	Supabase
Website	heroku.com	supabase.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2007	2020
Data Center Locations	10	16
Example Customers	Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify	Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata

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

	Supabase
Website	supabase.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2020
Data Center Locations	16
Example Customers	Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata