Heroku vs Neon

Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side

The comparison in short

Cheapest per year

Not enough public prices to compare the cost.

Who has a free plan
  • Herokuno free plan
  • Neonhas a free plan
Easiest to rebuild

Heroku, Neon

Worth subscribing

To start without paying, Neon has a free plan.

Side-by-side comparison

APPLICATIONHerokuHostingNeonHosting
Monthly billing$7/moBasic DynoNot listed
Per year$84/yr—
Billing modelFlat subscriptionUsage-based
Free tierno free tier100 projects, 100 CU-hours/project/month, 0.5 GB/project, 5 GB egress/month, up to 2 CU, and 6-hour/1 GB instant restore
Additional costsDatabases, add-ons, network services and support are separate. Review apps and one-off dynos also consume paid dyno time. Eco is charged as the full $5 monthly pool rather than normal per-second proration.Branches cost $0.002/branch-hour; instant-restore storage is $0.20/GB-month and snapshots are $0.09/GB-month. Compute, storage, transfer and branch history all meter separately.
Can you rebuild it?Worth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sittingWorth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sitting
Free alternatives
Checked on10/20/202610/20/2026
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