Head to head
DigitalOcean Droplets vs Heroku
Two dated pricing records, side by side. Every figure links to its source from the product pages.
The records
Price history, compared
DigitalOcean Droplets
| Basic 512 MiB | $4 | per month |
| Basic 1 GiB | $6 | per month |
| Basic 2 GiB | $12 | per month |
| Basic 4 GiB | $24 | per month |
- 2026-08-12 Basic 4 GB was renamed to Basic 4 GiB
- 2026-08-12 Basic 2 GB was renamed to Basic 2 GiB
- 2026-08-12 Basic 1 GB was renamed to Basic 1 GiB
- 2026-08-12 Basic 512 MB was renamed to Basic 512 MiB
- 2022-07-01 Basic 4 GB rose from $20/mo to $24/mo (+20%)
Heroku
| Eco | $5 | per month |
| Basic | $7 | per month |
| Standard-1X | $25 | per month |
| Standard-2X | $50 | per month |
- 2026-08-13 Standard 2X was renamed to Standard-2X
- 2026-08-13 Standard 1X was renamed to Standard-1X
- 2022-11-28 Free is no longer offered
- 2022-11-28 Hobby was renamed to Basic
- 2022-11-28 New plan: Eco at $5/mo