Hosting Ruby on Rails on Heroku
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
Heroku is a paas platform. Ruby on Rails needs roughly 1536MB RAM for a production server process, so the cheapest plan that actually fits depends on your traffic. Below is the cheapest Heroku plan that fits each traffic level, computed from current list prices.
Cheapest fitting plan by traffic
| Traffic | Plan | $/month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby / side project (~5,000/mo) | Standard-2X | $50+ | Largest plan may not be enough. Horizontal scaling, metrics |
| Startup / small business (~50,000/mo) | Standard-2X | $50+ | Largest plan may not be enough. Horizontal scaling, metrics |
| E-commerce (~200,000/mo) | Standard-2X | $50+ | Largest plan may not be enough. Horizontal scaling, metrics |
| High traffic (~1,000,000/mo) | Standard-2X | $50+ | Largest plan may not be enough. Horizontal scaling, metrics |