# 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.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/heroku · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2007
- Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States (Salesforce headquarters, 415 Mission St)
- Employees: 201–500
- Company type: Division of Salesforce
- Latest funding: Series A dated March 13, 2013 (amount redacted, not confirmed)
- Deployment: Fully managed cloud platform as a service (container-based)
- Best for: Developers, startups, agencies and enterprises that want to deploy and scale apps without managing servers
- Compliance: PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider, HIPAA, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3

## Products

- 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.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 31 of 45 | 0.3 | 1 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| google_ai_mode | 0.9 | 3.7% |
| perplexity | 0.0 | 0.0% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Heroku AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/heroku, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).