Heroku pricing 2026: plans and costs
Quick pricing summary
- Eco: $5 per dyno per month
- Basic: $7 per dyno per month
- Standard-1X: $25 per dyno per month
- Standard-2X: $50 per dyno per month
- Performance-M: $250 per dyno per month
- Performance-L: $500 per dyno per month
- Performance-L-RAM: $500 per dyno per month
- Performance-XL: $750 per dyno per month
- Performance-2XL: $1,500 per dyno per month
- Private-S: $125 per dyno per month
- Private-M: $250 per dyno per month
- Shield-S: $150 per dyno per month
- Worth noting: Cedar dyno tiers shown, priced per dyno per month in USD. Fir dynos, Private and Shield tiers beyond those listed, and Heroku Data Services are omitted.
Plans
Eco
$5 per dyno per month
- Deploy with Git and Docker
- Custom domains
- Unified logs
- Sleeps after 30 minutes of inactivity
- Personal accounts only
Basic
$7 per dyno per month
- Includes all Eco features
- Free SSL
- 10 process types
- Always on
Standard-1X
$25 per dyno per month
- Includes all Basic features
- Simple horizontal scalability
- App metrics and threshold alerts
- Preboot and zero-downtime deploys
- Unlimited process types
Standard-2X
$50 per dyno per month
- Includes all Basic features
- 1 GB RAM
- Simple horizontal scalability
- Preboot and zero-downtime deploys
- Unlimited background workers
Performance-M
$250 per dyno per month
- Includes all Standard features
- Predictable performance for high traffic
- Dedicated compute resources
- Autoscaling
Performance-L
$500 per dyno per month
- Includes all Standard features
- 14 GB RAM
- Dedicated compute resources
- Autoscaling
Performance-L-RAM
$500 per dyno per month
- Includes all Standard features
- 30 GB RAM
- Dedicated compute resources
- Autoscaling
Performance-XL
$750 per dyno per month
- Includes all Standard features
- 62 GB RAM
- Dedicated compute resources
- Autoscaling
Performance-2XL
$1,500 per dyno per month
- Includes all Standard features
- 126 GB RAM
- Dedicated compute resources
- Autoscaling
Private-S
$125 per dyno per month
- Includes all Performance features
- Full network isolation
- Dedicated runtime environment
- Private Space required
Private-M
$250 per dyno per month
- Includes all Performance features
- 2.5 GB RAM
- Full network isolation
- Private Space required
Shield-S
$150 per dyno per month
- Includes all Private features
- Dedicated environment for high compliance apps
- Ability to sign BAAs for HIPAA compliance
- PCI compliance
- Strict TLS enforcement
What you get on each plan
| Feature | Eco | Basic | Standard-1X | Standard-2X | Performance-M | Performance-L | Performance-L-RAM | Performance-XL | Performance-2XL | Private-S | Private-M | Shield-S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAM | 0.5 GB | 0.5 GB | 0.5 GB | 1 GB | 2.5 GB | 14 GB | 30 GB | 62 GB | 126 GB | 1 GB | 2.5 GB | 1 GB |
| Compute | 1x-4x | 1x-4x | 1x-4x | 2x-8x | 12x | 50x | 24x | 50x | 100x | 12x | 12x | 12x |
| Always on | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Requires Private Space | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Heroku pricing vs alternatives
| Brand | Entry price | Free plan | Model | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroku | $5 / mo | No | Flat tiers | — | |
| GitHub | Free; paid from $4 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Development teams, from individuals to enterprises, that build, review, and ship software on one platform. | Compare → |
| GitLab | Free; paid from $29 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Scaling development teams and enterprises that need advanced security and compliance capabilities | Compare → |
| AWS | — | — | — | — | Compare → |
| Bitbucket Pipelines | Free; paid from $3.65 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Teams using Jira who want CI/CD inside Bitbucket Cloud | Compare → |
List prices as published on www.heroku.com/pricing/. Totals are worked examples, not quotes.