Heroku splits Postgres into three tiers, adds $40K/mo Advanced plans
What happened
Between the May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026 captures of Heroku's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Heroku Postgres pricing split into three tiers: Essential, Classic, and new Advanced. Advanced tier adds high-performance plans from 4G-Performance ($150/mo) to 1536G-Performance ($40,000/mo) with decoupled compute and storage. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 29, 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 is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Heroku. Heroku has been tracked since 2026-02-27.
In the same window Digitalocean, 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.
- Advanced. Advanced · PackagingAdded
BeforeNo high-performance plans
Afterhigh-performance plans
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced. Advanced | Packaging | No high-performance plans | high-performance plans | 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 May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where high-performance plans now appears.
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Heroku, pricing history
Full history- Jul 3, 2026packagingHeroku: new Postgres Advanced tier added (cluster-based pricing)
- May 25, 2026packagingHeroku splits Postgres into three tiers, adds $40K/mo Advanced plans · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changesQuestions about this change
Did Heroku raise prices in May 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Heroku's pricing page between May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026?
Advanced. Advanced packaging: No high-performance plans → high-performance plans, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Heroku change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Heroku in the 90 days before this one; Heroku has been tracked since 2026-02-27.