Is Heroku Eco cheaper than Vercel Pro?

Yes. On their starting paid plans, Heroku Eco is about 75% cheaper than Vercel Pro — roughly $180 per seat per year.

Does Vercel Pro have a free plan?

Vercel Pro does not advertise an ongoing free tier as of pricing checked June 2026. Pricing starts at $20/mo per seat + usage.

Heroku Eco does not advertise an ongoing free tier as of pricing checked June 2026. Pricing starts at $5/mo Eco dynos; $7/mo Basic; $25 Standard-1X.

Pick Vercel Pro if you're teams shipping next.js and frontend apps. Pick Heroku Eco if you're legacy rails/node apps already on heroku.

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pricing checked June 2026

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$20/mo

Frontend deploy and edge platform

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$5/mo

Classic PaaS for Rails/Node/Python with add-on marketplace, owned by Salesforce.

Heroku Eco is 75% cheaper than Vercel Pro on starting plans — roughly $15/mo · $180/yr per seat.

Formula: monthly = pricier − cheaper · percent = round((monthly / pricier) × 100) · annual = monthly × 12

Pick Heroku Eco if you're legacy rails/node apps already on heroku. Pick Vercel Pro if you're teams shipping next.js and frontend apps.

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