- What is Heroku?
- Heroku is a platform-as-a-service for deploying and running web applications without managing servers.
- What does it do?
- Builds apps from a Git push or container image, runs them as dynos and scales processes up or down. Add-ons attach managed Postgres, Redis and third-party services; pipelines handle review apps and promotion to production.
- Who is it for?
- Teams that want to ship a web app without touching infrastructure and will pay a premium over raw cloud. Not for workloads needing low-level control of networking or machines.
Pricing
$5/mo
Paid
About
Founded 2007
Acquired by Salesforce in 2010.
Top alternatives
Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Heroku.
Global edge servers.
Closer-to-the-metal alternative built by a small team.
Pay as you go