# Heroku Pricing Cache

**Last updated:** 2026-07-19 (dyno rates re-verified against devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dyno-types — Eco $5 flat, Basic $7, Standard-1X $25, Standard-2X $50, Performance-M $250, Performance-L/L-RAM $500 all unchanged; no rate changes this refresh)
**Source:** https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-postgresql, https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-redis, https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-kafka, https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dyno-sizes
**Currency:** USD
**Accuracy:** ±5% for dynos (published flat rates); ±10% for data services (Elements "Max of" pricing, actual may vary by usage pattern)

> Use this cache to derive current Heroku monthly costs when billing data is unavailable. Look up each discovered resource's plan in the tables below, multiply by quantity where applicable, and sum. If a plan is not found in this cache, set `heroku_cost_source: "unavailable"` for that resource and exclude from total.

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## Dynos (Cedar Common Runtime)

Source: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dyno-sizes

| Plan              | $/month (per dyno) | Notes                                                                 |
| ----------------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Eco               | 5                  | Flat fee for shared 1000 dyno-hour pool. Do NOT multiply by quantity. |
| Basic             | 7                  |                                                                       |
| Standard-1X       | 25                 |                                                                       |
| Standard-2X       | 50                 |                                                                       |
| Performance-M     | 250                |                                                                       |
| Performance-L     | 500                |                                                                       |
| Performance-L-RAM | 500                |                                                                       |
| Performance-XL    | 750                |                                                                       |
| Performance-2XL   | 1500               |                                                                       |

**Eco dyno rule:** Eco is a shared pool — cost is always $5/month total regardless of how many Eco dynos run. Do NOT multiply by formation quantity.

## Dynos (Cedar Private Spaces)

| Plan          | $/month (per dyno) |
| ------------- | ------------------ |
| Private-S     | 125                |
| Private-M     | 250                |
| Private-L     | 500                |
| Private-L-RAM | 500                |
| Private-XL    | 750                |
| Private-2XL   | 1500               |

## Dynos (Cedar Shield Spaces)

| Plan         | $/month (per dyno) |
| ------------ | ------------------ |
| Shield-S     | 150                |
| Shield-M     | 300                |
| Shield-L     | 600                |
| Shield-L-RAM | 600                |
| Shield-XL    | 900                |
| Shield-2XL   | 1800               |

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## Heroku Postgres

Source: https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-postgresql

### Essential Tier

| Plan        | $/month | Storage | Connections |
| ----------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- |
| essential-0 | 5       | 1 GB    | 20          |
| essential-1 | 9       | 10 GB   | 20          |
| essential-2 | 20      | 32 GB   | 40          |

### Standard Tier (Classic)

| Plan       | $/month | RAM    | Storage | Connections |
| ---------- | ------- | ------ | ------- | ----------- |
| standard-0 | 50      | 4 GB   | 64 GB   | 200         |
| standard-2 | 200     | 8 GB   | 256 GB  | 500         |
| standard-3 | 400     | 15 GB  | 512 GB  | 500         |
| standard-4 | 750     | 30 GB  | 768 GB  | 500         |
| standard-5 | 1400    | 61 GB  | 1 TB    | 500         |
| standard-6 | 2000    | 122 GB | 1.5 TB  | 500         |
| standard-7 | 3500    | 244 GB | 2 TB    | 500         |

### Premium Tier (Classic)

| Plan      | $/month | RAM    | Storage | Connections |
| --------- | ------- | ------ | ------- | ----------- |
| premium-0 | 200     | 4 GB   | 64 GB   | 200         |
| premium-2 | 350     | 8 GB   | 256 GB  | 500         |
| premium-3 | 750     | 15 GB  | 512 GB  | 500         |
| premium-4 | 1200    | 30 GB  | 768 GB  | 500         |
| premium-5 | 2500    | 61 GB  | 1 TB    | 500         |
| premium-6 | 3500    | 122 GB | 1.5 TB  | 500         |
| premium-7 | 6000    | 244 GB | 2 TB    | 500         |

### Private Tier (Classic)

Private-tier pricing matches Premium-tier pricing. The Private Space base fee is charged separately.

| Plan      | $/month | RAM    | Storage | Connections |
| --------- | ------- | ------ | ------- | ----------- |
| private-0 | 200     | 4 GB   | 64 GB   | 200         |
| private-2 | 350     | 8 GB   | 256 GB  | 500         |
| private-3 | 750     | 15 GB  | 512 GB  | 500         |
| private-4 | 1200    | 30 GB  | 768 GB  | 500         |
| private-5 | 2500    | 61 GB  | 1 TB    | 500         |
| private-6 | 3500    | 122 GB | 1.5 TB  | 500         |
| private-7 | 6000    | 244 GB | 2 TB    | 500         |

### Shield Tier (Classic)

Shield-tier pricing matches Premium-tier pricing. The Shield Space base fee is charged separately.

| Plan     | $/month | RAM    | Storage | Connections |
| -------- | ------- | ------ | ------- | ----------- |
| shield-0 | 200     | 4 GB   | 64 GB   | 200         |
| shield-2 | 350     | 8 GB   | 256 GB  | 500         |
| shield-3 | 750     | 15 GB  | 512 GB  | 500         |
| shield-4 | 1200    | 30 GB  | 768 GB  | 500         |
| shield-5 | 2500    | 61 GB  | 1 TB    | 500         |
| shield-6 | 3500    | 122 GB | 1.5 TB  | 500         |
| shield-7 | 6000    | 244 GB | 2 TB    | 500         |

### Deprecated Plans (Aliases)

| Plan        | Maps To     | $/month                     |
| ----------- | ----------- | --------------------------- |
| hobby-dev   | essential-0 | 0 (was free; grandfathered) |
| hobby-basic | essential-1 | 9                           |

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## Heroku Key-Value Store (Redis)

Source: https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-redis

### Premium (Common Runtime)

| Plan       | $/month | RAM    | Connections |
| ---------- | ------- | ------ | ----------- |
| mini       | 3       | 25 MB  | 20          |
| premium-0  | 15      | 50 MB  | 40          |
| premium-1  | 30      | 100 MB | 80          |
| premium-2  | 60      | 250 MB | 200         |
| premium-3  | 120     | 500 MB | 400         |
| premium-5  | 200     | 1 GB   | 1000        |
| premium-7  | 750     | 7 GB   | 10000       |
| premium-9  | 1450    | 10 GB  | 25000       |
| premium-10 | 3500    | 25 GB  | 40000       |
| premium-12 | 6500    | 50 GB  | 65000       |
| premium-14 | 12500   | 100 GB | 65000       |

### Private (Private Spaces)

| Plan       | $/month | RAM    | Connections |
| ---------- | ------- | ------ | ----------- |
| private-3  | 150     | 500 MB | 400         |
| private-5  | 250     | 750 MB | 700         |
| private-7  | 900     | 7 GB   | 10000       |
| private-9  | 1750    | 10 GB  | 25000       |
| private-10 | 4000    | 25 GB  | 40000       |
| private-12 | 7500    | 50 GB  | 65000       |
| private-14 | 14000   | 100 GB | 65000       |

### Shield (Shield Spaces)

| Plan      | $/month | RAM    | Connections |
| --------- | ------- | ------ | ----------- |
| shield-3  | 210     | 500 MB | 400         |
| shield-5  | 350     | 750 MB | 700         |
| shield-7  | 1100    | 7 GB   | 10000       |
| shield-9  | 2100    | 10 GB  | 25000       |
| shield-10 | 4800    | 25 GB  | 40000       |
| shield-12 | 9000    | 50 GB  | 65000       |
| shield-14 | 19600   | 100 GB | 65000       |

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## Apache Kafka on Heroku

Source: https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-kafka

### Common Runtime

| Plan       | $/month | Type                  | Capacity |
| ---------- | ------- | --------------------- | -------- |
| basic-0    | 100     | Multi-tenant          | 3.73 GB  |
| basic-1    | 125     | Multi-tenant          | 29.8 GB  |
| basic-2    | 175     | Multi-tenant          | 59.6 GB  |
| standard-0 | 1500    | Dedicated (3 brokers) | 150 GB   |
| standard-1 | 1800    | Dedicated (3 brokers) | 300 GB   |
| standard-2 | 3200    | Dedicated (3 brokers) | 900 GB   |
| extended-0 | 4000    | Dedicated (3 brokers) | 1.5 TB   |
| extended-1 | 5000    | Dedicated (3 brokers) | 3 TB     |
| extended-2 | 8700    | Dedicated (3 brokers) | 6 TB     |

### Private Spaces

| Plan               | $/month | Capacity |
| ------------------ | ------- | -------- |
| private-standard-0 | 1800    | 150 GB   |
| private-standard-1 | 2200    | 300 GB   |
| private-standard-2 | 3600    | 900 GB   |
| private-extended-0 | 5000    | 1.5 TB   |
| private-extended-1 | 6200    | 3 TB     |
| private-extended-2 | 10800   | 6 TB     |

### Shield Spaces

| Plan              | $/month | Capacity |
| ----------------- | ------- | -------- |
| shield-standard-0 | 2200    | 150 GB   |
| shield-standard-1 | 2700    | 300 GB   |
| shield-standard-2 | 4400    | 900 GB   |
| shield-extended-0 | 6000    | 1.5 TB   |
| shield-extended-1 | 7500    | 3 TB     |
| shield-extended-2 | 13000   | 6 TB     |

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## Private Space Base Fee

| Plan          | $/month |
| ------------- | ------- |
| Private Space | 1000    |
| Shield Space  | 3000    |

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## Common Add-ons (Fast-Path)

These are estimates for popular fast-path add-ons. When billing data is available, prefer it over these values.

| Add-on               | Typical Plan | $/month  |
| -------------------- | ------------ | -------- |
| Heroku Scheduler     | standard     | 0 (free) |
| Papertrail           | firehose     | 230      |
| SendGrid             | starter      | 0 (free) |
| Mailgun              | starter      | 0 (free) |
| Bonsai Elasticsearch | sandbox      | 0 (free) |
| CloudAMQP            | little-lemur | 0 (free) |
| Memcachier           | dev          | 0 (free) |

> Add-on pricing varies widely by plan. For non-free plans, defer to billing data or user input rather than guessing. Only use $0 for confirmed free-tier plans.

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## Usage Rules

1. **Lookup by plan name** (case-insensitive exact match from `heroku-resource-inventory.json`)
2. **Multiply by quantity** (from `formation.quantity` for dynos) — **EXCEPT Eco dynos** (always $5 flat)
3. **Sum all resources** to get `heroku_monthly_estimated`
4. **Add Private Space / Shield Space base fee** if `heroku_space` resources exist in inventory
5. **Set `heroku_cost_source: "pricing_cache"`** in `estimation-infra.json`
6. **Accuracy band:** ±5% for dynos, ±10% for data services
7. **Not found:** If a plan is not in this cache, mark as `"unpriced_heroku"` and exclude from Heroku total. Add to warnings.
8. **Deprecated plans:** Map `hobby-dev` → essential-0, `hobby-basic` → essential-1 for pricing lookup.