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Heroku vs Hetzner

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:Heroku · updated Jul 2026Hetzner · updated Jun 2026

Web app

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$34.10/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score	83/100	65/100

Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

SaaS product

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$55.40/mo	$34.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55.40/mo	$34.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$60.60/mo	$39.70/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$123.60/mo	$93.70/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
Fit score	64/100	66/100

Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

E-commerce store

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$38.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$19.54/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$38.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$77.22/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$463.98/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM Hetzner · Volumes · Pay as you go
Fit score	65/100	67/100

Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

API / backend service

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$34.10/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score	83/100	65/100

Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Mobile app backend

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$38.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$19.54/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$38.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$77.22/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$463.98/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM Hetzner · Volumes · Pay as you go
Fit score	65/100	67/100

Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Realtime / collaborative

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$34.10/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score	83/100	75/100

Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Jobs & pipelines

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$55.40/mo	$34.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55.40/mo	$34.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$60.60/mo	$39.70/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$123.60/mo	$93.70/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
Fit score	64/100	76/100

Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

AI app

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$38.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$19.54/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$38.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$77.22/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$463.98/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM Hetzner · Volumes · Pay as you go
Fit score	55/100	67/100

Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Internal tool

Metric	Heroku	Hetzner
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$34.10/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$34.10/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22 DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score	83/100	65/100

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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