Heroku is a platform-as-a-service, owned by Salesforce, for deploying and running applications without managing infrastructure. Founded in 2007, it offers a managed runtime with a buildpack-and-add-on workflow across a common US and EU footprint and a 99.9% uptime SLA. It targets developers and teams favoring a simple, add-on-driven workflow, with no free tier since 2022 and low-cost entry dynos. It supports open standards and easy data export with moderate vendor lock-in. It carries SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS attestations.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2007
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Cloud infrastructure
- Starting price
- $5/mo
- Regions
- 2
- SLA uptime
- 99.9%
- Managed Kubernetes
- No
- Helm support
- No
- Free tier
- No
- Vendor lock-in
- Medium
- Open standards
- Yes
- Easy data export
- Yes
- Multi-cloud friendly
- No
- Org size
- Midsize
- Support tier
- Standard
- Ease of use
- 5/5