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    Heroku pricing

    A platform-as-a-service that deploys and runs backend applications via git push, with managed databases and automatic scaling, without managing servers.

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    ToolTrim verdict3.4/ 5Average

    Budget at least $12/month for an always-on app (Basic dyno at $7 plus Postgres Essential-0 at $5), before any Redis add-on.

    Pricing. What does Heroku cost ?

    Eco Dyno

    $5/mo

    • 0.5 GB RAM, 1x-4x compute; Eco dynos sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity, personal accounts limited to this tier.

    Basic Dyno

    ToolTrim reference price

    $7/mo

    • 0.5 GB RAM, always on (does not sleep).

    Standard-1X Dyno

    $25/mo

    • 0.5 GB RAM, 1x-4x compute, production tier.

    Official pricingChecked on September 25, 2026

    Heroku's billing traps

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    Cost scales per dyno and per add-on: a real app needs a web dyno plus at least one data add-on, pushing the real floor above the cheapest advertised dyno.

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