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Heroku vs Render

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 2026Render · updated Jul 2026

Web app

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$42.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$8.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$42.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$405.80/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$4399.50/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
Fit score	83/100	88/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

SaaS product

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$55.40/mo	$43.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$9.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55.40/mo	$43.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$60.60/mo	$412.40/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$123.60/mo	$4460.10/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Render · Cron Jobs · Starter
Fit score	64/100	67/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

E-commerce store

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$50.83/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$9.51/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$50.83/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$493.64/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$5278.35/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score	65/100	68/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

API / backend service

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$42.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$8.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$42.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$405.80/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$4399.50/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
Fit score	83/100	88/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

Mobile app backend

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$50.83/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$9.51/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$50.83/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$493.64/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$5278.35/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score	65/100	68/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

Realtime / collaborative

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$42.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$8.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$42.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$405.80/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$4399.50/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
Fit score	83/100	85/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

Jobs & pipelines

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$55.40/mo	$43.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$9.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55.40/mo	$43.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$60.60/mo	$412.40/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$123.60/mo	$4460.10/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Render · Cron Jobs · Starter
Fit score	64/100	67/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

AI app

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$50.83/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$9.51/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$50.83/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$493.64/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$5278.35/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score	55/100	58/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

Internal tool

Metric	Heroku	Render
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$42.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$8.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$42.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$405.80/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$4399.50/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Render · Web Service · Starter Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
Fit score	83/100	88/100

Verdict: It flips at scale: Render cheaper at 1k DAU, Heroku at 100k.

These numbers assume a typical profile

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