AWS Lightsail vs Heroku
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
AWS Lightsail (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.
AWS Lightsailvps
| $5 bundle | $5/mo |
| $7 bundle | $7/mo |
| $12 bundle | $12/mo |
| $20 bundle | $20/mo |
Herokupaas
| Eco | $5/mo |
| Basic | $7/mo |
| Standard-2X | $50/mo |
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | AWS Lightsail | Heroku | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $5 ($5 bundle) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Nuxt | $5 ($5 bundle) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Astro | $5 ($5 bundle) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| SvelteKit | $5 ($5 bundle) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Remix / React Router | $5 ($5 bundle) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Node.js API | $5 ($5 bundle) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Django | $7 ($7 bundle) | $50 (Standard-2X) | AWS Lightsail |
| FastAPI | $5 ($5 bundle) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Laravel | $7 ($7 bundle) | $50 (Standard-2X) | AWS Lightsail |
| Ruby on Rails | $12 ($12 bundle) | $50+ (Standard-2X) | AWS Lightsail |
| Spring Boot | $12 ($12 bundle) | $50+ (Standard-2X) | AWS Lightsail |
| WordPress | $7 ($7 bundle) | $50 (Standard-2X) | AWS Lightsail |
| Ghost | $7 ($7 bundle) | $50 (Standard-2X) | AWS Lightsail |
| Strapi | $7 ($7 bundle) | $50 (Standard-2X) | AWS Lightsail |
| Static site | $5 ($5 bundle) | $5 (Eco) | tie |