Heroku

What it is for

Heroku is a hosted datastores desk: you open Datastores, and Eco is $5 / month. Use it when the job is Postgres rows you attach at a public $, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Heroku Datastores list (dev-team / dev-test, postgres-closed-584455 Private-0 / example-app, postgres-rectangular-37097 / staging-test) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The rows themselves are ops of Datastores. Heroku bills dyno + data tiles, not a chat seat.

Key features

• Datastores — a Postgres / Key-Value store you attach (cover still; docs). One list. Cover postgres-closed-584455 sits here.
• Apps / Overview — an app’s dynos, add-ons, and recent deploys (docs). An app, not a datastore row. Open app sits here.
• Metrics — CPU / memory / response time you chart (docs). Metrics, not Overview. Not on Eco.
• Dynos — a process type you scale (docs). A dyno, not a chart. Eco sleeps after 30 minutes.
• Pipelines — a review → staging → prod promotion (docs). A pipeline, not a dyno. Review apps sit here.

The Filter box on the cover is the same Datastores pipeline (not a sixth desk). Eco / Basic / Standard tiles are the meter. Mini Postgres $5 / month (10k rows) is the extra meter, not a desk we fold into Datastores.

Who it's for

Best fit: app teams who will stay on Eco at $5 / month (1,000 shared dyno hours, sleeps after 30 minutes) while they open a first Datastores list, then buy Basic at $7 / dyno / month when they need always-on.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from heroku.com/pricing. Table prints Eco $5, Basic $7, Standard-1X $25, Standard-2X $50.

• Eco — $5 / month flat for 1,000 dyno hours shared across Eco dynos. 0.5 GB RAM. 2 process types. Personal accounts only. Sleeps after 30 minutes of inactivity.
• Basic — $7 / dyno / month. Always on. 10 process types. Free SSL. ~$0.01 / hour.
• Standard-1X — $25 / dyno / month. Metrics and threshold alerts. Preboot. Unlimited process types.
• Standard-2X — $50 / dyno / month. 1 GB RAM.
• Performance — $250–$1,500 / dyno / month. Dedicated compute. Autoscaling.
• Data we fetched — Mini Postgres $5 / month (10,000 rows). Mini Key-Value $3 / month (25 MB).

Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location. Eco always renews on the first of the month (full $5 if you join mid-month).

Limitations / costs

• There is no $0 dyno. The lowest public compute tile is Eco $5.
• Eco sleeps after 30 minutes. Always-on is the $7 Basic dyno.
• A datastores desk, not a Render service table. For Render see Render. For Railway see Railway.

Alternatives

• Render — web services + Postgres when you want Render’s $0 / $25 desk, not Heroku’s $5 / $7 Datastores list.
• Railway — usage-metered PaaS when you want Railway’s $5 / $20 min, not Heroku’s Private-0 row.
• Vercel — Next.js Resources when you want Vercel’s $0 / $20 function list, not Heroku’s dyno hours.

Official tutorial

We oEmbed-checked public “Deploy your first App with Heroku” watch URLs. The hit authored as kolaparthi srinivas — we do not embed that. Use the official Heroku channel plus the written Dashboard path.

Written path: heroku.com/pricing plus the Datastores still.

Website

https://www.heroku.com

Repository

https://github.com/heroku

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Heroku Datastores tab from the Dev Center CDN. Dollars checked on heroku.com/pricing (Eco $5; Basic $7/dyno; Standard-1X $25; Standard-2X $50). No first-party Heroku watch URL on the oEmbed fetches we used.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.