DebutDeploy vs Heroku

The Heroku workflow, at a fraction of the dyno price.

Git deploys, managed Postgres and no server administration — the model Heroku defined — on current European hardware, with memory that is not rationed at 512 MB and databases that are not priced as premium add-ons.

Verified 24 July 2026 · source heroku.com/pricing · USD, ex-VAT · dyno tiers matched on memory

One production workload · ~2 vCPU / 4 GB + production Postgres + ~100 GB traffic

Heroku figure: Performance-M dyno ($250) plus Postgres Standard-0 ($50) is the nearest tier meeting the workload; Standard-2X ($50) offers only 1 GB RAM. Figures rounded from published list rates.

Resources	DebutDeploy	Heroku	Difference
0.5 vCPU · 512 MB	$5 Hobby	$7 Eco/Basic dyno	29% less
~1 vCPU · 1 GB	$9 Starter	$50 Standard-2X	82% less
~2 vCPU · 2.5–4 GB	$45 Pro Plus · dedicated	$250 Performance-M	82% less
Production Postgres	$12 DB Starter · 10 GB	$50 Standard-0	76% less
Outbound transfer	$0 20 TB included	n/a no published egress fee	comparable

Prices in USD per month, ex-VAT, checked 24 July 2026 against heroku.com/pricing. Dyno tiers are matched on available memory rather than tier name; Heroku does not publish vCPU counts per dyno in the same terms, so CPU equivalence is approximate and stated as such.

Managed Postgres

from $5, nightly backups

Heroku: Standard-0 from $50

Sleeping services

never sleep

Heroku: Eco dynos sleep

Region

Germany and Finland (EU)

Heroku: US and EU regions

Add-on model

no add-on marketplace markup

Heroku: paid add-ons per service

What carries over

• ✓Git-based deploys with a build step and release logs
• ✓Managed Postgres with credentials injected as environment variables
• ✓Config vars map directly to environment variables
• ✓Worker processes for queues and background jobs
• ✓Scheduled jobs replacing Heroku Scheduler
• ✓Rollback to the previous release after a bad deploy

Where Heroku is still ahead

Stated plainly, because you will find out anyway during a trial.

• →A mature add-on marketplace with dozens of one-click managed services
• →Long-standing enterprise procurement, compliance paperwork and support contracts
• →Salesforce ecosystem integration if that is part of your stack
• →Buildpack ecosystem breadth for unusual runtimes

Do buildpacks work here?−

Not directly. Most Heroku applications build cleanly from automatic language detection or a Dockerfile. Unusual buildpacks are the one case worth checking in a migration review first.

What happens to my config vars?+

They become environment variables, encrypted at rest and write-only after saving. We never ask you to send secrets by email.

Can you move Heroku Postgres?+

Yes — a pg_dump restore into managed Postgres, validated before any DNS change. Large databases get a scheduled short write-freeze window rather than a vague promise of zero downtime.

Is there an equivalent of Heroku Scheduler?+

Yes. Scheduled jobs run on a cron expression per service, with logs in the same place as your deploys.

Do you support review apps?+

Not yet — preview environments are planned and not available. If review apps are central to your workflow, that is a genuine gap today.

We are on an enterprise Heroku contract. Can you match it?+

Custom terms, larger boxes and specific SLA language are handled case by case. Speak to us rather than assuming the published plans are the ceiling.