Heroku
NewThe AI cloud application platform, from Salesforce, for deploying, managing, and scaling your apps.
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
- Heroku ranks #31 of 45 in CI/CD with an AI visibility score of 0.3 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
- Heroku is most visible on Google AI Mode (0.9) and least on Perplexity (0).
- AI engines name Heroku in 1 of the 30 CI/CD buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
About
Company details for Heroku
Heroku is a container-based cloud platform as a service. Developers deploy apps with git push, and the apps run inside dynos on a fully managed runtime. Managed data services (Postgres, Key-Value Store, Apache Kafka) and Managed Inference and Agents sit alongside the runtime, and teams can add their own languages through buildpacks. It ranks #31 of 45 in CI/CD on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 0.3 in the latest weekly run.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States (Salesforce headquarters, 415 Mission St), the company employs 201–500 people. Its differentiator: heroku's buildpacks let teams customize the language stack, on top of a fully managed git-push runtime.
- Website
- heroku.com
- Categories
- CI/CD
- Company size
- 201–500 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States (Salesforce headquarters, 415 Mission St)
- Founded
- 2007
- Company type
- Division of Salesforce
- Funding
- Series A dated March 13, 2013 (amount redacted, not confirmed)
- Pricing
- $5 / mo · flat tiers
- Free trial
- —
- Deployment
- Fully managed cloud platform as a service (container-based)
- Platforms
- Node.js, Ruby, Java, PHP, Python, Go, Scala, Clojure, .NET
- Integrations
- 150+ native
- Languages
- 9 supported
- Compliance
- PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider, HIPAA, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
- Support
- Enterprise-grade support with SLAs and onboarding for Heroku Enterprise customers
Read from linkedin.com, heroku.com, capterra.ca, x.com, seedtable.com · refreshed Nov 3, 2026.
AI visibility
Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.
Changes appear after the second weekly run in CI/CD. GitHub leads the category at 83.3%.
Media
Website and product screenshots for Heroku
AI mentions & citations
Recent answers that name Heroku
Products & features
What Heroku sells
Heroku Platform
Container-based runtime that runs apps inside dynos, with instant scaling and rollback.
Heroku Managed Inference and Agents
Managed access to AI models and agents, with MCP support, for building AI applications.
Model Context Protocol hosting on Heroku
Hosting and scaling for MCP servers that extend AI agents with tools and APIs.
Heroku Postgres
Fully managed PostgreSQL database service, including pgvector for embeddings.
Heroku Key-Value Store
Fully managed Redis-compatible data store delivered as a service.
Apache Kafka on Heroku
Fully managed Apache Kafka service for event streams and data pipelines.
Heroku Connect
Syncs Heroku Postgres data with Salesforce organizations.
Heroku Enterprise
Enterprise tier with private spaces, fine-grained access controls and SSO.
Heroku Elements
Add-ons marketplace, buildpacks and app buttons for extending apps.
Target market & buyers
Developers, teams and businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises
Notable customers include LitCharts, PixieBrix, Fastcall, World Economic Forum, Aspen Physician Network.
| Industry | Primary use case |
|---|---|
| Healthcare, life sciences and financial services | Building high-compliance applications with Heroku Shield |
| E-commerce | Running high-traffic enterprise storefronts that scale for peak periods |
| Salesforce customers | Syncing Heroku data into Salesforce systems of record with Heroku Connect |
Funding & recent developments
Funding
| Round | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Series A, $3M (labeled Series A by Seedtable) | 2008 | $3M |
| Seed round (about $24K) | 2008 | $0M |
| $10M round led by Ignition Partners (labeled Series A by Tracxn, Series B by parsers.vc) | 2010 | $10M |
| Series A dated March 13, 2013 (amount redacted, not confirmed) | 2013 | — |
| Latest known round | Total raised |
|---|---|
| Series A dated March 13, 2013 (amount redacted, not confirmed) | — |
Recent developments
- Sep 2026ProductTeam Authorizations introduced
Heroku introduced Team Authorizations, according to a changelog tracker.
- Jun 2026ProductHeroku Connect diagnostic CLI command
Heroku added a diagnostic command for Heroku Connect to its CLI.
- Feb 2026CompanyShift to sustaining engineering model
Heroku said it is moving to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security and reliability rather than new features.
- Feb 2026ProductNew Heroku Enterprise contracts end
Salesforce confirmed end of sale for new Heroku Enterprise contracts. Credit-card and existing customers continue with no change to pricing or service.
- Oct 2025ProductNext-generation Heroku Postgres with Advanced tier
Heroku introduced a next-generation Heroku Postgres with a Postgres Advanced tier.
Competitive landscape
How Heroku compares with its top three alternatives
Heroku most often appears alongside GitHub, GitLab, AWS in AI answers.
| Brand | Visibility | Share of voice | vs last week | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroku | 0.3% | 0.2% | New | $5 / mo |
| GitHub | 83.3% | 12.3% | New | Free plan |
| GitLab | 76.8% | 12.7% | New | Free plan |
| AWS | 35.7% | 7.5% | New | Pricing not available |
| Bitbucket Pipelines | 17.6% | 5.4% | New | Free plan |
Pricing
Flat tiers pricing
Cite as: SlateIndex, “Heroku AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/heroku, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.