Heroku vs MongoDB Atlas
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Heroku | MongoDB Atlas | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | The Cloud Application Platform For Building, Deploying, and Scaling Apps heroku.com | MongoDB Atlas is a fully managed cloud database service that simplifies deploying, scaling, and managing MongoDB databases in the cloud. mongodb.com |
| Starting at | Not observed | Not observed |
| Platforms | Not observed | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure mongodb.com |
| Deployment | PaaS heroku.com | multi-cloud, Fully-managed cloud mongodb.com |
| Integrations | Data Cloud, Salesforce CRM, Heroku Postgres, Apache Kafka on Heroku, Heroku Connect, Heroku Key-Value Store, Judoscale Universal Autoscaler, Heroku Scheduler, Cloudinary - Image and Video Management, Knapsack Pro, DocRaptor heroku.com | AWS CloudFormation, HashiCorp Terraform, Kubernetes Operator, MongoDB Atlas CLI mongodb.com |
| Compliance | HIPAA heroku.com | Not observed |
| Free plan | Not observed | Yes mongodb.com |
| Plans | Eco, dyno-4c-8gb heroku.com | Free Tier, Flex Tier, Dedicated Tier mongodb.com |
| Models supported | Not observed | document mongodb.com |
| Pricing basis | Not observed | MongoDB Atlas Core uses a flexible pay-as-you-go pricing model. mongodb.com |
Where they differ
- MongoDB Atlas’s pages state a free plan; AirStack has not found that on Heroku’s pages.
- Heroku claims HIPAA on its own pages; MongoDB Atlas’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.