Heroku: new Postgres Advanced tier added (cluster-based pricing)
What happened
Between the Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 captures of Heroku's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Added new Heroku Postgres Advanced tier - 11 cluster-based plans (4G- to 1536G-Performance), $150-$40,000/mo across Common Runtime/Private/Shield editions, decoupled storage/compute pricing. In detail: Heroku Postgres added a new 'Advanced' tier (11 sizes, 4G- to 1536G-Performance, $150-$40,000/mo) across Common Runtime/Private/Shield editions, using decoupled storage/compute pay-as-you-go pricing alongside existing Essential/Classic tiers. Pulse files it as a packaging change (packaging change). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Eco (Cedar) at $5, Postgres Essential-0 at $5, Basic (Cedar) at $7, Postgres Essential-1 at $9 and Postgres Essential-2 at $20.
This quarterly roll-up includes the change Pulse first recorded in a shorter period: "Heroku splits Postgres into three tiers, adds $40K/mo Advanced plans" (week of May 18, 2026, saved May 25, 2026). It is the same change, not a new one. Heroku has been tracked since 2026-02-27.
In the same window Digitalocean, Google Cloud, Railway and Render also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- AddedAdvancedPackagingNot listedAdvanced tier
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Packaging | Not listed | Advanced tier | Added |
Values as written on Heroku's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Heroku's pricing page (www.heroku.com) from Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Advanced tier now appears.
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Heroku, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 2, 2026PackagingHeroku: new Postgres Advanced tier added (cluster-based pricing) This change
- May 25, 2026PackagingHeroku splits Postgres into three tiers, adds $40K/mo Advanced plans
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- DigitaloceanJul 2DigitalOcean: AI Inference price cut 67% ($0.15->$0.05/M) + new Security (CSPM)
- Google CloudJun 15Google Cloud Datastudio pools AI tokens per platform, adds Thinking mode
- RailwayMay 27Railway promises 99.999% uptime SLA across paid tiers
- RenderMay 27Render rebrands Static IPs as Dedicated IPs, charges $100 each
Questions about this change
Did Heroku raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: packaging change.
What changed on Heroku's pricing page between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026?
Advanced packaging added: Advanced tier. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Heroku change its pricing?
This quarterly roll-up includes the change Pulse first recorded in the week of May 18, 2026 (saved May 25, 2026), not a new one; Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Heroku in the 90 days before this one; Heroku has been tracked since 2026-02-27.