DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb vs Heroku Basic
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The same 512 MB of memory at two platforms, so the size is identical and everything around it is not. DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb takes 3 of 4 rounds against Heroku Basic. It is also the cheaper of the two, at $5/mo against $7/mo.
DigitalOcean App PlatformWins 3 roundsapps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb · 1 shared vCPU · 512 MB
512 MB RAM · always on
$5/mo$60 a year · $10.00/GB RAM
Monthly price (lower wins)
$5/mo
$7/mo
Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)
$10.00/GB RAM
$14.00/GB RAM
Memory
512 MB
512 MB
vCPU
1 shared
not published
Transfer included (more included is better)
50 GB
not published
Build minutes included (more included is better)
not published
not published
Stops when idle (staying on wins)
always on
always on
Members covered (more members covered is better)
members not charged
members not charged
What the invoice adds
- A gigabyte of transfer$0.02 per GB vs not published
- Transfer included50 GB vs not published
- Build minutes includednot published vs not published
- A year at this price$60 vs $84
DigitalOcean App Platform, then Heroku, at the published rates; a rate nobody publishes is not a rate of zero.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb or Heroku Basic?
- DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb, at $5/mo against $7/mo, both excluding tax and read on 1 Nov 2026. Over a year that is $60 against $84, before anything either platform meters on top.
- Which gives you more memory?
- Both state 512 MB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $10.00/GB RAM at DigitalOcean App Platform and $14.00/GB RAM at Heroku.
- Does either one stop when the app is idle?
- DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb: always on. Heroku Basic: always on.
- What does the monthly price leave out?
- DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb: transfer 50 GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not published, disk none, volumes extra, members not charged. Heroku Basic: transfer not published included and not published beyond it, builds not published, disk none, volumes extra, members not charged.
Every price is one month in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, read 1 Nov 2026 from each provider's own page, excluding tax. Transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever a platform says so, and none of those rates is folded into the figures above. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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