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Cloudflare vs Heroku

Monthly hosting costs for typical app profiles — computed with the same recommendation engine as StackPlan stack reports. Assumes balanced budget and ops preferences unless noted.

Pricing data:Cloudflare · updated Jun 2026Heroku · updated Jul 2026

Web app

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$55/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$64/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
Fit score82/10083/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

SaaS product

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$66.40/mo$55.40/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66.40/mo$55.40/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$741.25/mo$60.60/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7568/mo$123.60/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on
Fit score82/10064/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

E-commerce store

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14.81/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$142.84/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$942.85/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score83/10065/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

API / backend service

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$55/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$64/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
Fit score82/10083/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Mobile app backend

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14.81/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$142.84/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$942.85/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score83/10065/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Realtime / collaborative

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$55/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$64/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
Fit score80/10083/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Jobs & pipelines

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$66.40/mo$55.40/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66.40/mo$55.40/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$741.25/mo$60.60/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7568/mo$123.60/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on
Fit score82/10064/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

AI app

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14.81/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$142.84/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$942.85/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score83/10055/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Internal tool

MetricCloudflareHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$55/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$64/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
Fit score82/10083/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

These numbers assume a typical profile

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