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Heroku

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Salesforce-owned PaaS hosting 65M+ apps with git-push deployment; Heroku Connect syncs with Salesforce competing with Render and Railway for cloud application platform.

Best for: Cloud ServicesEmerging, rapid growth
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Cloud & InfrastructureCloud ServicesWebsiteUpdated March 2026

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Cloud Services

Company Overview

About Heroku

Heroku is a cloud application platform (PaaS) that enables developers to deploy, manage, and scale web applications without managing server infrastructure — supporting multiple programming languages (Ruby, Node.js, Python, Java, PHP, Go) and providing a simple git-based deployment workflow that made it the foundational platform for a generation of web developers. Founded in 2007 in San Francisco, Heroku was acquired by Salesforce in 2010 for $212 million and has since powered 65 million+ applications, serving 65 billion+ daily requests, with 200+ ecosystem add-on services in the Heroku Elements Marketplace.

Business Model & Competitive Advantage

Heroku's deployment model allows developers to push code via git and have it automatically built and deployed to dynos (Heroku's containerized compute units) without configuring servers, load balancers, or deployment pipelines. Managed add-on services (PostgreSQL, Redis, logging, monitoring, email delivery) snap into applications without infrastructure configuration. Heroku Connect enables two-way data synchronization between Heroku PostgreSQL databases and Salesforce objects, creating a natural integration path for Salesforce customers building custom applications on Heroku.

Competitive Landscape 2025–2026

In 2025, Heroku was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms, with a new platform pilot available with GA targeted for early 2025. Heroku competes with Render, Railway, Fly.io, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk for PaaS and managed application hosting. After a period of stagnation under Salesforce ownership (including ending free dynos in 2022 and a high-profile security incident), Heroku has reinvested in the platform with modern infrastructure improvements. The 2025 strategy focuses on winning back developer trust through platform reliability improvements, deepening Salesforce ecosystem integration, and growing enterprise usage through the Salesforce sales channel.

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Heroku March 2026 Update

We’ve transitioned to a Sustaining Engineering model to better serve the customers who rely on us every day. Our mission is simple: to provide the most stable, secure, and reliable environment for your apps and data. We will continue releasing features and functionality that align with our Sustaining Engineering goals and provide a more robust and efficient platform to our customers. Today we are excited to share three recent enhancements: The post Heroku March 2026 Update appeared first on Heroku .

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Modernizing the Command Line: Heroku CLI v11

Heroku CLI v11 is now available. This release represents the most significant architectural overhaul in years, completing our migration to ECMAScript Modules (ESM) and oclif v4. This modernization brings faster performance, a new semantic color system, and aligns the CLI with modern JavaScript standards. While v11 introduces breaking changes to legacy namespaces, the benefits are […] The post Modernizing the Command Line: Heroku CLI v11 appeared first on Heroku .

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Bigger Slugs and Greater Build Timeout Flexibility

Modern applications, especially those leveraging AI and data-heavy libraries, need more room to breathe. To support these evolving stacks and reduce developer friction, we’ve increased the default maximum compressed slug size from 500MB to 1GB. Understanding app slugs and deployment App slugs are the container build artifacts produced by Heroku Buildpacks and run in dynos. […] The post Bigger Slugs and Greater Build Timeout Flexibility appeared first on Heroku .

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Behind the Scenes: How Maintaining Cloud Native Buildpacks Powers Platforms Like Heroku

Most developers never see the 11 pack releases we shipped in the last 14 months as pack CLI maintainers. That’s actually a good sign—it means the infrastructure just works. When a critical vulnerability emerges requiring an immediate upgrade, the fix is shipped within days. Here’s what most developers don’t see: that same security patch now […] The post Behind the Scenes: How Maintaining Cloud Native Buildpacks Powers Platforms Like Heroku appeared first on Heroku .

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From Fragmented Logs to Full-Stack Visibility with SolarWinds Papertrail

Modern applications on Heroku don’t just consist of code. They are living ecosystems comprised of dynos, databases, third-party APIs, and complex user interactions. As these systems scale, so do the logs and metrics. To efficiently extract the signals from the noise you need to understand system health in the context of external factors, like resource […] The post From Fragmented Logs to Full-Stack Visibility with SolarWinds Papertrail appeared first on Heroku .

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Preparing for Shorter SSL/TLS Certificate Lifetimes

The web browser and certificate authority industry is shortening the maximum allowed lifetime of TLS certificates. These changes will improve security on the Web, but you may have to change certificate maintenance practices for apps you run on Heroku. The good news is that if you’re using Heroku Automated Certificate Management, no changes are required: […] The post Preparing for Shorter SSL/TLS Certificate Lifetimes appeared first on Heroku .

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Whats New in Heroku AI: New Models and a Flexible Standard Plan

Heroku is introducing significant updates to Managed Inference and Agents. These changes focus on reducing developer friction, expanding model catalogue, and streamlining deployment workflows. More flexibility with the new standard plan Until now, Heroku’s model-based plans required developers to provision a specific add-on for a specific model. This created significant operational overhead. If you wanted […] The post Whats New in Heroku AI: New Models and a Flexible Standard Plan appeared first on Heroku .

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Emerging Innovator

Heroku is an emerging player bringing innovative solutions to the Infrastructure market.

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