Heroku
A cloud platform for deploying, managing, and scaling web applications with minimal infrastructure setup
- Also known as
- heroku
Available worldwide
What is Heroku?
A cloud-based application platform that enables developers to build, run, and scale web applications using managed infrastructure and integrated deployment tools. Supports multiple programming languages and frameworks with Git-based deployment.
What Heroku does
The capabilities that matter for paas & hosting, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Git-push auto-deploy
- ✓
- Deploy arbitrary container image
- ✓
- Per-PR preview environments
- -
- Build system
- Buildpacks
- Runtime / language breadth
- Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP
- Autoscaling
- -
- Geographic reach
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud only
- Bundled managed data services
- -
- Built-in global CDN / edge
- -
- Custom domains + automatic TLS
- ✓
- Env vars & secrets management
- ✓
- Instant rollbacks
- -
- CLI + deploy API
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- GitHub
- Twilio
- Salesforce
Heroku FAQ
Common questions about Heroku, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Heroku?
A cloud-based application platform that enables developers to build, run, and scale web applications using managed infrastructure and integrated deployment tools. Supports multiple programming languages and frameworks with Git-based deployment. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.
What platforms does Heroku support?
Heroku supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Heroku be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Heroku, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Heroku integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Heroku, including GitHub, Twilio and Salesforce. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Heroku have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Heroku. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Heroku not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.heroku.com/security
Where is Heroku available?
Heroku is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.
Heroku alternatives
Other paas & hosting we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- NetlifyDeploy and manage modern web applications instantly with integrated AI capabilities and global infrastructuremedium · 73%
- VercelDeploy and manage web applications and AI agents with built-in infrastructure for preview environments, serverless compute, and global deliverymedium · 73%
- Koyebmedium · 71%
- RailwayA unified cloud platform that streamlines application deployment and scalingmedium · 61%
- Fly.ioHost applications on containerized infrastructure distributed worldwidemedium · 63%
- Clever CloudA git-push-based platform for deploying applications with automated scaling, monitoring, and maintenancemedium · 73%
Compare Heroku
Side by side against other paas & hosting, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 85 | 0.12 | 9.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: cloud · Runtimes: Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Scala, PHP · Cli and api: Yes · Env secrets: Yes · Build system: buildpacks · Git push deploy: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Security
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