Vultr vs Heroku
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
Vultr (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.
Vultrvps
| Cloud Compute 1GB | $5/mo |
| Cloud Compute 2GB | $10/mo |
| High Performance 4GB | $24/mo |
Herokupaas
| Eco | $5/mo |
| Basic | $7/mo |
| Standard-2X | $50/mo |
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Vultr | Heroku | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Nuxt | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Astro | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| SvelteKit | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Remix / React Router | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Node.js API | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Django | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Vultr |
| FastAPI | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 (Eco) | tie |
| Laravel | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Vultr |
| Ruby on Rails | $10 (Cloud Compute 2GB) | $50+ (Standard-2X) | Vultr |
| Spring Boot | $10 (Cloud Compute 2GB) | $50+ (Standard-2X) | Vultr |
| WordPress | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Vultr |
| Ghost | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Vultr |
| Strapi | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $50 (Standard-2X) | Vultr |
| Static site | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 (Eco) | tie |