Heroku
vs
Vercel
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
- Built-in support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- API for issuing custom domains to your own customers
- Functions bill CPU time, not time spent waiting on I/O
- 20 compute regions, 120+ edge locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Heroku | Vercel | 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 | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | |
| 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 | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $170.42 /mo 25M invocations, 2 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 2 TB / mo per app | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed Soft limit of 2 TB / mo per app | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) |
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.
Company details
| Fact | Heroku | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 20 |
| Example customers | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | heroku.com | vercel.com |
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Our data for Heroku was last updated on Sept. 16, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 16, 2026.