Choose Heroku if you need
- Integration with Salesforce, New Relic or Papertrail. We haven't found them on Render's website.
At a glance
- Render has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for Heroku.
- Render's lowest paid plan is Pro at $25 per month, plus compute, as of October 19, 2026.
- Both are available on CLI and API.
- Both work with GitHub.
- Both list ISO 27001, HIPAA and SSO.
- Only Render lists SOC 2 and GDPR.
- Both have a public API.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Render if you need
- Integration with GitLab, Bitbucket or Datadog. We haven't found them on Heroku's website.
- SOC 2 or GDPR. We haven't found them on Heroku's website.
Heroku
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Review RenderThe facts
- What it does
- HerokuThe cloud application platform for building, deploying, and scaling apps
- RenderIntuitive infrastructure to deploy and scale any app or agent
- Free plan
- HerokuNot confirmed
- RenderYes
- Pricing
- HerokuNot confirmed
- RenderPer workspace, monthly plus compute
- Paid plans from
- Heroku
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Platforms
Both
- CLI
- API
Only HerokuNothing else listed
Only RenderNothing else listed
Integrations
Both
- GitHub
Only Heroku
- Salesforce
- New Relic
- Papertrail
- SendGrid
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Heroku and Render yet.
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