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

Stepped price history$0$1$3$4$52023202420252026$4$4
Basic 512 MiB$4per month
Basic 1 GiB$6per month
Basic 2 GiB$12per month
Basic 4 GiB$24per month
  • 2022-07-01 Basic 4 GB rose from $20/mo to $24/mo (+20%)
  • 2022-07-01 Basic 2 GB rose from $10/mo to $12/mo (+20%)
  • 2022-07-01 Basic 1 GB rose from $5/mo to $6/mo (+20%)
  • 2022-07-01 New plan: Basic 512 MB at $4/mo

Heroku

Eco$5per month
Basic$7per month
Standard-1X$25per month
Standard-2X$50per month
  • 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