Hetzner Cloud vs Heroku
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
Hetzner Cloud (vps) and Heroku (paas) overlap on 15 stacks. The table below shows the cheapest fitting plan on each for a typical startup workload (~50,000 visits/month) — list prices, no promos.
Hetzner Cloudvps
| CX23 | $4.3/mo |
| CX33 | $7/mo |
| CX43 | $13/mo |
Herokupaas
| Eco | $5/mo |
| Basic | $7/mo |
| Standard-2X | $50/mo |
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Hetzner Cloud | Heroku | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $4.3 (CX23) | $5 (Eco) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Nuxt | $4.3 (CX23) | $5 (Eco) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Astro | $4.3 (CX23) | $5 (Eco) | Hetzner Cloud |
| SvelteKit | $4.3 (CX23) | $5 (Eco) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Remix / React Router | $4.3 (CX23) | $5 (Eco) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Node.js API | $4.3 (CX23) | $5 (Eco) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Django | $4.3 (CX23) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Hetzner Cloud |
| FastAPI | $4.3 (CX23) | $5 (Eco) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Laravel | $4.3 (CX23) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Ruby on Rails | $4.3 (CX23) | $50+ (Standard-2X) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Spring Boot | $4.3 (CX23) | $50+ (Standard-2X) | Hetzner Cloud |
| WordPress | $4.3 (CX23) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Ghost | $4.3 (CX23) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Strapi | $4.3 (CX23) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Static site | $4.3 (CX23) | $5 (Eco) | Hetzner Cloud |