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Heroku vs Sevalla

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for paas / app hosting. Heroku has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.

Heroku has the lower entry price — Heroku starts at $5/mo, Sevalla at $5/mo. Free tier: Heroku No, Sevalla No. HIPAA: Heroku Yes, Sevalla —.

As of 2026-06-14 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Heroku

$5/mo entry
Entry price$5/mo (Eco)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forHealthcare and regulated-industry apps needing BAA

Sevalla

$5/mo entry
Entry price$5/mo (Hobby H1)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forTeams migrating from Kinsta Application Hosting (direct successor)

Sources — Heroku: heroku.com (verified 2026-06-14) · Sevalla: sevalla.com (verified 2026-06-14)

Key features

Heroku: Shield tier with HIPAA/PCI BAA for healthcare apps; Fir (Kubernetes) platform alongside legacy Cedar dynos; Private Spaces with network isolation; SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001/27017/27018, PCI DSS Level 1

Sevalla: SOC 2 Type II + ISO 27001 + GDPR + CCPA certified; 25 global data centers + 260+ edge PoP servers for static delivery; Live preview environments per pull request; Vertical and horizontal auto-scaling without downtime; Private service-to-service connections by default

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