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Heroku pricing and limits

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www.heroku.com · Application platforms
SEPT 2026 audit

Managed application platform that runs apps in containers called dynos, deployed from Git or Docker images, with add-on services such as Heroku Postgres.

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Entry paid plan$5 per month (Eco dynos plan, 1000 dyno hours shared across the account)
Regions2 regions on the Common Runtime, which is what a standard dyno runs in: eu (Europe) and us (United States). A further 10 — Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Montreal, Mumbai, Oregon, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Virginia — exist only in Private Spaces, an Enterprise product.
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Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 23 criteria comparedSources last checked

Heroku pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$5 per month (Eco dynos plan, 1000 dyno hours shared across the account) source ↗
Pricing model
Usage-based on wall-clock time, prorated to the second source ↗
When you exceed a cap
Service sleeps: on the Eco plan ($5/month for a 1000 dyno-hour pool, the cheapest paid tier) exhausting the pool forces every Eco dyno on… source ↗

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Teams that want to deploy by pushing to Git and let the platform handle the runtime, with Postgres, a scheduler and Docker deploys available on the same platform.

Consider something else if…

The dyno filesystem is ephemeral, and a web process must respond within 30 seconds of receiving a request.

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Heroku pricing

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Entry paid plan$5 per month (Eco dynos plan, 1000 dyno hours shared across the account)
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Pricing modelUsage-based on wall-clock time, prorated to the second
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When you exceed a capService sleeps: on the Eco plan ($5/month for a 1000 dyno-hour pool, the cheapest paid tier) exhausting the pool forces every Eco dyno on the account to sleep for the rest of the month, and extra hours cannot be bought
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Limits

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Memory (entry plan)0.5 GB RAM on the Eco dyno ($5 flat/month, the cheapest paid dyno) and 0.5 GB on Basic.
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Sites or apps included100 apps per account, platform-wide on all plans (Heroku Team 100, Enterprise Team 200)
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File, inode or volume limit1000 MB maximum compressed slug size, platform-wide on all plans; raisable via support ticket
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Concurrent builds10 concurrent builds for verified users without an established payment history; 300 for verified users with one (platform-wide, all plans)
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  • Limits | Heroku Dev Center ↗

    “Verified users without an established payment history can create up to 10 concurrent builds at one time. Verified users with an established payment history can create up to 300 concurrent builds at one time.”

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Max request duration30 seconds (initial window for the web process to return response data)
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  • Limits | Heroku Dev Center ↗

    “HTTP requests have an initial 30 second window for the web process to return response data. It can be either the completed response or some amount of response data to indicate that the process is active. Processes that fail to send response data within the initial 30-second window see an H12 error in their logs.”

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Execution

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Streaming response limitPlatform-wide (router): 30 seconds to send the first byte, then a rolling 55-second idle window — if no data is sent for 55 seconds the connection is terminated
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  • Request Timeout | Heroku Dev Center ↗

    “Heroku supports HTTP features such as long-polling and streaming responses. An application has an initial 30 second window to respond with a single byte back to the client. However, each byte transmitted thereafter (either received from the client or sent by your application) resets a rolling 55 second window. If no data is sent during the 55 second window, the connection will be terminated.”

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Managed connection poolingLimited
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Deployment

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Git deploymentSupported
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Docker deploymentSupported
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ContainersSupported
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Scheduled jobsSupported
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Infrastructure

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Persistent processesSupported
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Persistent storageNot supported
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  • Dynos (App Containers) | Heroku Dev Center ↗

    “Each dyno gets its own ephemeral filesystem, with a fresh copy of the most recently deployed code. During the dyno's lifetime, its running processes can use the filesystem as a temporary scratchpad, but no files that are written are visible to processes in any other dyno.”

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Managed databasesSupported
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  • Heroku Postgres | Heroku Dev Center ↗

    “Heroku Postgres is a managed SQL database service provided directly by Heroku. You can access a Heroku Postgres database from any language with a PostgreSQL driver, including all languages Heroku officially supports.”

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Scales to zeroLimited
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  • Eco Dyno Hours | Heroku Dev Center ↗

    “If an app has an Eco web dyno, and that dyno receives no web traffic in a 30-minute period, it sleeps. In addition to the web dyno sleeping, if you have a worker Eco dyno, it also sleeps. Eco web dynos do not consume Eco dyno hours while sleeping.”

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AutoscalingLimited
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Regions2 regions on the Common Runtime, which is what a standard dyno runs in: eu (Europe) and us (United States). A further 10 — Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Montreal, Mumbai, Oregon, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Virginia — exist only in Private Spaces, an Enterprise product.
Sources (1) →
  • Regions | Heroku Dev Center ↗

    “eu Europe Common Runtime us United States Common Runtime dublin Dublin, Ireland Private Spaces frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany Private Spaces london London, United Kingdom Private Spaces montreal Montreal, Canada Private Spaces mumbai Mumbai, India Private Spaces oregon Oregon, United States Private Spaces singapore Singapore Private Spaces sydney Sydney, Australia Private Spaces tokyo Tokyo, Japan Private Spaces virginia Virginia, United States Private Spaces”

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Support

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Support on entry paid planTicket-based support to technical or billing staff for all customers. Heroku Enterprise adds Salesforce Success Plans — Standard, Premier and Signature — which are what buy a named contact and a committed response.
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  • Heroku Support ↗

    “Heroku Enterprise customers have access to a range of Salesforce Success Plans that offer additional guidance and support. All Customers Standard Success SELF-GUIDED RESOURCES Premier Success EXPERT GUIDANCE Signature Success PROACTIVE, PERSONALIZED PARTNERSHIP”

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Response time commitmentBest effort for a business-stopping issue on the plans any customer can buy. Heroku Enterprise Success Plans commit to 2 days in business hours, 1 hour, or 15 and 30 minute updates. Business hours are Monday to Friday, 9am-9pm Eastern.
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  • Heroku Support ↗

    “Business Stopping Issue Response Times Best effort 2 days, during business hours* 1 hour 15 and 30 minute updates Other Issue Response Times Best effort 2 days, during business hours* 2 days, during business hours* 2 days, during business hours*”

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Compliance

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SOC 2SOC 1 and SOC 2/SSAE 16/ISAE 3402 (Previously SAS 70 Type II)
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Heroku pricing questions

How much does Heroku cost?

$5 per month (Eco dynos plan, 1000 dyno hours shared across the account).

Eco Dyno Hours | Heroku Dev Center · read

How does Heroku charge?

Usage-based on wall-clock time, prorated to the second.

Usage & Billing | Heroku Dev Center · read

What happens if you exceed Heroku's limits?

Service sleeps: on the Eco plan ($5/month for a 1000 dyno-hour pool, the cheapest paid tier) exhausting the pool forces every Eco dyno on the account to sleep for the rest of the month, and extra hours cannot be bought.

Eco Dyno Hours | Heroku Dev Center · read

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