Heroku Basic vs Heroku Eco
Prices checked
Two plans from Heroku's own catalogue, the nearest to each other on price. Heroku Eco takes 2 of 4 rounds against Heroku Basic. It is also the cheaper of the two, at $5/mo against $7/mo.
Monthly price (lower wins)
$7/mo
$5/mo
Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)
$14.00/GB RAM
$10.00/GB RAM
Memory
512 MB
512 MB
vCPU
not published
not published
Transfer included (more included is better)
not published
not published
Build minutes included (more included is better)
not published
not published
Stops when idle (staying on wins)
always on
sleeps when idle
Members covered (more members covered is better)
members not charged
members not charged
What the invoice adds
- A gigabyte of transfernot published vs not published
- Transfer includednot published vs not published
- Build minutes includednot published vs not published
- A year at this price$84 vs $60
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Heroku Basic or Heroku Eco?
- Heroku Eco, 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: $14.00/GB RAM at Heroku and $10.00/GB RAM at Heroku.
- Does either one stop when the app is idle?
- Heroku Basic: always on. Heroku Eco: sleeps when idle.
- What does the monthly price leave out?
- Heroku Basic: transfer not published included and not published beyond it, builds not published, disk none, volumes extra, members not charged. Heroku Eco: 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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