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What is Heroku?

Heroku serves as a cloud-based platform that allows businesses to efficiently create, deploy, monitor, and scale their applications, facilitating a quick shift from idea to live URL while alleviating infrastructure challenges. The catchphrase "There's an app for that," which gained popularity through a notable marketing campaign in the past, signifies the start of our deepening relationship with mobile technology. Nowadays, applications have become integral to our everyday routines, acting as essential resources for task management, online shopping, social connectivity, staying informed, and interacting with clients. The true impact of an application begins to unfold as users engage with it actively. The rapidity with which apps can be developed and improved in the digital sphere plays a pivotal role in a company's overall success. Heroku prioritizes the developer experience with a keen emphasis on application enhancement. It equips businesses, regardless of size, to harness the full potential of their apps while avoiding distractions related to hardware and server oversight. In an ever-changing digital environment, Heroku stands out as an indispensable partner for developers who seek to innovate swiftly and effectively. With its supportive features, the platform not only accelerates app development but also fosters a dynamic ecosystem where creativity can thrive.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$7.00 per user per month
Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Salesforce
Date Founded:
1999
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
www.heroku.com

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Webinars
Support
Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Heroku Categories and Features

Web Hosting Provider

Cloud Hosting
DDOS Protection
Dedicated Hosting
Email Hosting
Managed Hosting
Multiple Datacenter Locations
Private SSL
SSD Storage
Server Backups
Shared Website Hosting
Unlimited Bandwidth Option
VPS
Website Builder

Source Code Management Software

Access Controls/Permissions
Bug Tracking
Build Automation
Change Management
Code Review
Collaboration
Continuous Integration
Repository Management
Version Control

Application Development Software

Access Controls/Permissions
Code Assistance
Code Refactoring
Collaboration Tools
Compatibility Testing
Data Modeling
Debugging
Deployment Management
Graphical User Interface
Mobile Development
No-Code
Reporting/Analytics
Software Development
Source Control
Testing Management
Version Control
Web App Development

Heroku Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Principal Software Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Excellent cloud app hosting solution

    Updated: Aug 10 2022
    Summary

    Heroku is a great cloud hosting platform that makes deploying cloud apps easy. It has automatic deployments from GitHub, and great configuration options. However, its pricing can be a bit high.

    Positive

    - makes deploying and hosting web applications very easy
    - scaling is simple and can be automated
    - easy connection to hosting environment via terminal
    - good security solutions
    - automated deployment from git pushes
    - good documentation
    - cli tool available
    - free tier

    Negative

    - free tier puts apps to sleep when unused for a certain amount of time
    - prices are relatively high past the free tier

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  • Reviewer Name: Rashmi N.
    Position: Full stack developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Layout
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    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Heroku - Review

    Date: Jan 20 2021
    Summary

    Overall a great tool to host your web app with high security at very reasonable cost. Easy to implement and lot of tutorials and documentation which make it much more easy to use.

    Positive

    You can say Heroku is the easiest cloud platform to learn and master. Also it is very much easy to implement. It is so simple that if you even have some basic knowledge of Git and Github you can easily master this technology. You can log the errors. And you can deploy your different project in this.

    Negative

    There is no con in using this product. This works fine for me.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ayush S.
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best for api

    Date: Nov 11 2020
    Summary

    Best for generating API.
    Make your backend more interesting with the help of Heroku.
    Easy to use for API.

    Positive

    I have recently used this for generating API this was my first time but I didn't face any problems, very easy to use.

    Negative

    You need little bit knowledge about API and Heroku.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Software Engineer
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 10,000 - 19,999
    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great for quickly spinning up an app, to get some user feedback

    Date: Aug 17 2020
    Summary

    One of my favorite go-tos when creating an app at a hackathon or making a quick demo prototype. Saves the trouble of registering a domain name and all.

    Positive

    Whether you're at a hackathon or just quickly prototyping a new app for your company, chances are high you want real users to be able to try your app. You could just host it on a localhost, but that means you can't direct people to a proper URL. Heroku allows you to do that.

    Negative

    I first heard of Heroku back in 2015 and a few years later I swear I heard it was shutting down? But apparently it's still usable, so I'm not sure what exactly was going on. Company communications can be better, in this regard.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Software Developer
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
    Customer Service
    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    One of the best PaaS solutions

    Date: Jun 08 2020
    Summary

    Heroku makes hosting web apps easier. With a ton of customization options & fast deployment, it is an ideal choice if you want to quickly want to make your app live.

    Positive

    Highly customizable.
    Automatic Scaling.
    Easy deployment.
    Secure & stable.
    Great documentation.
    Free tier available.

    Negative

    Has a decent learning curve.
    Layout can be improved to make navigation better.
    More expensive than alternatives for heavy usage.

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  • Reviewer Name: Loveneesh S.
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    The hosting solution

    Date: Dec 16 2020
    Summary

    Overall a great experience. You can create up to 5 apps for free in this. And also, managing and maintaining apps with this is pretty much easy. And also, it is very easy to use just 3 git commands to host your app.

    Positive

    You cannot find any other better platform to deploy your web app. Also, scaling your app is very easy with this. You get the feature to checks your logs and also bash terminal to manage your files. Also, many backend and frontend languages are supported in this.

    Negative

    I have been using this for all my web development projects and I don't find any con in using this platform.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
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    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best web app hosting solution

    Date: Nov 12 2020
    Summary

    I have hosted all my dynamic sites on Heroku. On free tier you can host up to 5 projects and the log and the terminal support on the web helps more to find the issues and fix them.

    Positive

    Online and offline log support
    Terminal Support
    Easy to use - Same as git
    Powerful and reliable
    Secure

    Negative

    You need to know the basic of Heroku to start and what is Procfile and other stuff.

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