Render vs Heroku
Pricing data as of 2026-08-28 · refreshed weekly
Render (paas) 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.
Renderpaas
| 512 MB / 0.5 CPU | $7/mo |
| 2 GB / 1 CPU | $25/mo |
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Herokupaas
| Eco | $5/mo |
| Basic | $7/mo |
| Standard-2X | $50/mo |
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Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Render | Heroku | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 (Eco) | Heroku |
| Nuxt | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 (Eco) | Heroku |
| Astro | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 (Eco) | Heroku |
| SvelteKit | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 (Eco) | Heroku |
| Remix / React Router | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 (Eco) | Heroku |
| Node.js API | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 (Eco) | Heroku |
| Django | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Render |
| FastAPI | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 (Eco) | Heroku |
| Laravel | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Render |
| Ruby on Rails | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $50+ (Standard-2X) | Render |
| Spring Boot | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $50+ (Standard-2X) | Render |
| WordPress | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Render |
| Ghost | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Render |
| Strapi | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Render |
| Static site | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 (Eco) | Heroku |