Side by side
Heroku vs lizard
Plans read from both vendors' own pricing pages, with the same seats and billing applied to each. lizard is a verified alternative to Heroku: it does the same main job for a similar customer.
Heroku is a fully managed container-based cloud platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and scale applications using multiple programming languages. It offers integrated data services, a powerful ecosystem, and a developer experience focused on app-centric software delivery with support for popular developer tools and workflows.
- Starting price
- From $7.00/mo
- Price clarity
- Price clarity grade C, 67 out of 100 67 of 100
- Category
- Developer tools
- Platforms
- Heroku runs apps inside dynos, which are container-based and managed runtime environments.
- Good fit for
- Developers, teams, startups, enterprises, agencies, and students who want a fully managed platform to deploy and scale apps quickly.
- Limitations
- Eco dynos sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity and are available only for personal accounts.. Private dynos require Private Space and are intended for network isolated, dedicated runtime environments.
Lizard is an AI-native deployment platform designed specifically for coding agents, enabling deployment from Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor. It provides managed Postgres, Redis, S3 storage, and agent-readable logs, with per-second billing based on actual resource usage rather than reserved capacity.
- Starting price
- From $19.00/mo
- Price clarity
- Price clarity grade C, 67 out of 100 67 of 100
- Category
- Developer tools
- Platforms
- Not confirmed
- Good fit for
- Developers and coding agents who want to deploy and manage apps and databases with AI-native workflows and per-second billing.
- Limitations
- Does not currently support HIPAA workloads and SOC 2 compliance is coming soon but not yet available.
What each one costs your team
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Published plan prices for your team size and usage. Results update as you type. Taxes, currency conversion and unlisted add-ons are excluded, and anything the source did not state is called out rather than guessed.
Cheapest fit for 1 person, all 2 tools
$26.00/month
$312.00 a year on these plans.
| Tool / plan | Monthly | Per year | What this assumes |
|---|---|---|---|
BasicCheapest fit Flat subscription | $7.00 | $84.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
Standard-1X Flat subscription | $25.00 | $300.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
Standard-2X Flat subscription | $50.00 | $600.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
ProCheapest fit Flat subscription | $19.00 | $228.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
Heroku
Best fit
Developers, teams, startups, enterprises, agencies, and students who want a fully managed platform to deploy and scale apps quickly.
Trade-offs
Eco dynos sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity and are available only for personal accounts.; Private dynos require Private Space and are intended for network isolated, dedicated runtime environments.
Integrations / export
Heroku integrates with GitHub for continuous delivery and review apps., Heroku Connect synchronizes data between Heroku Postgres and Salesforce deployments.
lizard
Best fit
Developers and coding agents who want to deploy and manage apps and databases with AI-native workflows and per-second billing.
Trade-offs
Does not currently support HIPAA workloads and SOC 2 compliance is coming soon but not yet available.
Integrations / export
Not confirmed
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