Heroku
Platform as a service for deploying and scaling apps with Git
Heroku is a platform as a service owned by Salesforce that runs applications in managed containers called dynos. Developers deploy with git push or from GitHub, get review apps for pull requests and attach add-ons such as Postgres and Redis. There is no free tier. Since 2026, Salesforce has kept Heroku in a sustaining engineering mode focused on stability and security rather than new features.
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- alternatives
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- Updated
- Oct 12, 2026
Features
Our take
Pros
- Famously simple deploys with git push or from GitHub
- Review apps for pull requests and a large add-on marketplace
- Mature platform with managed Postgres and Redis add-ons
Cons
- No free tier, and pricing is high for the resources provided
- In sustaining mode, with no major new features expected
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