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Heroku pricing (2026)
Heroku starts at $5/mo (Eco) as checked on 2026-09-03, read from Heroku's own pricing page; 9 plans. Best for Healthcare and regulated-industry apps needing BAA. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $5/mo (Eco)
- Free tier: No
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Healthcare and regulated-industry apps needing BAA; Teams migrating from legacy Cedar to Kubernetes-backed Fir; Enterprise Salesforce ecosystem deployments
As of · every figure below links to its source
Heroku plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eco | $5 | — | flat | Cedar platform. 0.5 GB RAM, 1x-4x compute. Sleeps after inactivity. Personal accounts only. Free SSL included. | heroku.com |
| Basic | $7 | — | flat | Cedar platform. 0.5 GB RAM, 1x-4x compute. Always-on (no sleep). Personal accounts only. | heroku.com |
| Standard-1X | $25 | — | flat | Cedar platform. 0.5 GB RAM. Autoscaling, metrics, zero-downtime deploys. | heroku.com |
| Standard-2X | $50 | — | flat | Cedar platform. 1 GB RAM, 2x-8x compute. Autoscaling, metrics. | heroku.com |
| Performance-M | $250 | — | flat | Cedar platform. 2.5 GB RAM, 12x dedicated compute. Dedicated resources, autoscaling. | heroku.com |
| Performance-L | $500 | — | flat | Cedar platform. 14 GB RAM, 50x dedicated compute. | heroku.com |
| Shield-S | $150 | — | flat | Cedar platform, Shield tier. 1 GB RAM, 12x compute. HIPAA/PCI compliant, BAA available. Requires Private Space. | heroku.com |
| Fir Classic 1CPU-0.5GB | $25 | — | flat | Fir (Kubernetes) platform. 1 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM. Full network isolation, in-region builds, dedicated Kubernetes runtime. | heroku.com |
| Fir General Purpose 2CPU-4GB | $80 | — | flat | Fir (Kubernetes) platform. 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM. General purpose workloads. | heroku.com |
Last verified 2026-09-03. https://www.heroku.com/pricing accessed 2026-06-14. HIPAA/BAA confirmed on Shield-tier dynos and Shield Postgres. Fir (Kubernetes) dyno prices from same page. Re-verified 2026-09-03 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
Price on record
$5/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: GitHub, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Datadog, New Relic, Papertrail, Cloudflare, SendGrid.
Key features: 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.
Plan limits: Eco: 0.5 GB RAM, sleeps after inactivity, personal accounts only; Shield tier requires Private Space (significant add-on cost); HIPAA/PCI scope limited to Shield dynos and Shield Postgres.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Heroku cost?
Heroku starts at $5/mo (Eco); it has 9 published plans. Verified 2026-09-03.
Does Heroku support HIPAA?
Heroku HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Heroku have a free plan?
Heroku free tier: No.
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