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Deno Deploy 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:Deno Deploy · updated Jul 2026Heroku · updated Jul 2026

Web app

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$86/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$86/mo$55/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$1415.25/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$15127/mo$64/mo
Services used
  • Deno Deploy · Deploy · Pro
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
Fit score60/10083/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

SaaS product

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$86.40/mo$55.40/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$86.40/mo$55.40/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$1420.85/mo$60.60/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$15186.60/mo$123.60/mo
Services used
  • Deno Deploy · Deploy · Pro
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Deno Deploy · Deno Cron · Included
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on
Fit score60/10064/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

E-commerce store

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$87.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14.81/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$87.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$1434.79/mo$142.84/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$15322.32/mo$942.85/mo
Services used
  • Deno Deploy · Deploy · Pro
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score62/10065/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

API / backend service

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$86/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$86/mo$55/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$1415.25/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$15127/mo$64/mo
Services used
  • Deno Deploy · Deploy · Pro
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
Fit score60/10083/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Mobile app backend

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$87.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14.81/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$87.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$1434.79/mo$142.84/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$15322.32/mo$942.85/mo
Services used
  • Deno Deploy · Deploy · Pro
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score62/10065/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Realtime / collaborative

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAUNot a fit for this app type$55/mo
Cost at 100 DAUNot a fit for this app type$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAUNot a fit for this app type$55/mo
Cost at 10K DAUNot a fit for this app type$55/mo
Cost at 100K DAUNot a fit for this app type$64/mo
Services usedNot a fit for this app type
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
Fit score—83/100
Verdict: Heroku is the only viable option for this app type.

Jobs & pipelines

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$86.40/mo$55.40/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$86.40/mo$55.40/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$1420.85/mo$60.60/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$15186.60/mo$123.60/mo
Services used
  • Deno Deploy · Deploy · Pro
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Deno Deploy · Deno Cron · Included
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on
Fit score60/10064/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

AI app

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$87.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14.81/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$87.96/mo$63.73/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$1434.79/mo$142.84/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$15322.32/mo$942.85/mo
Services used
  • Deno Deploy · Deploy · Pro
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score62/10055/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Internal tool

MetricDeno DeployHeroku
Cost at 1k DAU$86/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$14/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$86/mo$55/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$1415.25/mo$55/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$15127/mo$64/mo
Services used
  • Deno Deploy · Deploy · Pro
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Heroku · Dynos · Eco
  • Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0
Fit score60/10083/100
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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