Heroku vs Vercel

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 2026Vercel · updated Jun 2026

Web app

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$43.25/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$1.25/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$43.25/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$334.40/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$4556.65/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Vercel · Hosting & Functions · Pro Railway · Postgres · Pro
Fit score	83/100	65/100

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

SaaS product

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$55.40/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 1K DAU	$55.40/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 10K DAU	$60.60/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 100K DAU	$123.60/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on	Not a fit for this app type
Fit score	64/100	—

Verdict: Heroku is the only viable option for this app type.

E-commerce store

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$99.64/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$3.65/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$99.64/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$930.46/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$10549.18/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Vercel · Hosting & Functions · Pro Railway · Postgres · Pro Vercel · Blob · Pro
Fit score	65/100	60/100

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

API / backend service

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$43.25/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$1.25/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$43.25/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$334.40/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$4556.65/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Vercel · Hosting & Functions · Pro Railway · Postgres · Pro
Fit score	83/100	55/100

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

Mobile app backend

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$99.64/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$3.65/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$99.64/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$930.46/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$10549.18/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Vercel · Hosting & Functions · Pro Railway · Postgres · Pro Vercel · Blob · Pro
Fit score	65/100	50/100

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

Realtime / collaborative

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Not a fit for this app type
Fit score	83/100	—

Verdict: Heroku is the only viable option for this app type.

Jobs & pipelines

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$55.40/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 1K DAU	$55.40/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 10K DAU	$60.60/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Cost at 100K DAU	$123.60/mo	Not a fit for this app type
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Cloudflare · Queues · Paid Heroku · Scheduler · Free add-on	Not a fit for this app type
Fit score	64/100	—

Verdict: Heroku is the only viable option for this app type.

AI app

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$63.73/mo	$99.64/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14.81/mo	$3.65/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$63.73/mo	$99.64/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$142.84/mo	$930.46/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$942.85/mo	$10549.18/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 Netlify · Blobs · Metered	Vercel · Hosting & Functions · Pro Railway · Postgres · Pro Vercel · Blob · Pro
Fit score	55/100	60/100

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

Internal tool

Metric	Heroku	Vercel
Cost at 1k DAU	$55/mo	$43.25/mo
Cost at 100 DAU	$14/mo	$1.25/mo
Cost at 1K DAU	$55/mo	$43.25/mo
Cost at 10K DAU	$55/mo	$334.40/mo
Cost at 100K DAU	$64/mo	$4556.65/mo
Services used	Heroku · Dynos · Eco Heroku · Heroku Postgres · Standard-0	Vercel · Hosting & Functions · Pro Railway · Postgres · Pro
Fit score	83/100	65/100

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

These numbers assume a typical profile

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