What's good about...
Heroku
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
Thunder Compute
- Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
- Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.
Price comparison
How do Heroku's prices compare against Thunder Compute?
| Example configuration |
Heroku
|
Thunder Compute
|
|---|---|---|
| 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) | -- |
| Block Storage | -- | $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB |
| 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) | -- |
Thunder Compute GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.27 | Source |
| A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.57 | Source |
| A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.78 | Source |
| H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $1.47 | 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 Thunder Compute offer:
| Service |
Heroku
|
Thunder Compute
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- |
Company details
|
Heroku
|
Thunder Compute
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | heroku.com | thundercompute.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 10 | 1 |
| Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify | KronosAI, Abbvie |
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 10 |
| Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
|
Thunder Compute
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | thundercompute.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Nov. 12, 2024, and for Thunder Compute on June 12, 2025.