Heroku

Heroku is a platform as a service owned by Salesforce. Developers push their code and Heroku runs the application on managed infrastructure, so no servers need to be bought or maintained.

What Heroku offers

• Runtime — apps run in containers called dynos on a managed environment.
• Heroku Postgres — a managed PostgreSQL database service.
• Key-Value Store — a managed Redis-compatible data service.
• Add-ons and buildpacks — pre-integrated third-party services and language support, extensible with community buildpacks.
• Teams and delivery tools — permissions, review apps, continuous delivery, rollback and app metrics.
• AI hosting — app hosting for building AI applications and agents.

Who it works with

Individual developers, startups and large enterprises, including teams with strict compliance needs.

Key facts

• Owner: Salesforce
• Compliance: audited for PCI, HIPAA, ISO and SOC
• Languages: Ruby, Node.js and others, plus any language that runs on Linux through a buildpack