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HerokuThe AI cloud application platform, from Salesforce, for deploying, managing, and scaling your apps.
Comparison · CI/CD · weekly run Nov 3
Buildkite vs Heroku
Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?
The short answer
Buildkite is the stronger AI pick in CI/CD: it has a visibility score of 19.5 versus 0.3 for Heroku.
Choose Buildkite if…
- You want the brand AI engines rank higher (19.5 vs 0.3)
- You want a free plan to start
- AI answers describe it more positively (32% vs 0% positive)
- You need SOC 2 Type II coverage
Choose Heroku if…
- You want a lower entry price ($5 vs $30)
- You need PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider or HIPAA or ISO 27001 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 coverage
- You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)
- Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
AI visibility side by side
Latest weekly run · Nov 3
| Metric | Buildkite | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility score | 19.5% | 0.3% |
| Change vs last week | New | New |
| Rank in CI/CD | #5 | #31 |
| Share of voice | 6% | 0.2% |
| Mentions this run | 37 | 1 |
| Positive in AI answers | 32% | 0% |
The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days
Buildkite 0pp · Heroku 0pp over 0 weekly runs.
Engine by engine
Buildkite leads on 3 of 3 engines
ChatGPT
AI Mode
Perplexity
BuildkiteHeroku
Head to head in AI answers
0 engine answers name both brands
0Buildkite ranked higher
0Heroku ranked higher
Features, pricing & fit
| Dimension | Buildkite | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per seat | Flat tiers |
| Entry price | Free; paid from $30 per seat / mo | $5 / mo |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Deployment | Hybrid: the control plane is hosted in AWS, and agents run on customer infrastructure or on Buildkite hosted agents | Fully managed cloud platform as a service (container-based) |
| Integrations | — | 150+ |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II | PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider, HIPAA, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3 |
| Support | Community support on the Free plan, Priority email support on the Pro plan, Enterprise support with SLA credits, priority response times and Slack Connect on the Enterprise plan | Enterprise-grade support with SLAs and onboarding for Heroku Enterprise customers |
| Founded | 2013 | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia | San Francisco, California, United States (Salesforce headquarters, 415 Mission St) |
| Employees | 51–200 | 201–500 |
| Funding | Convertible note | Series A dated March 13, 2013 (amount redacted, not confirmed) |
| Best for | Engineering teams that want CI to run on their own infrastructure and need it to scale to large build volumes | Developers, startups, agencies and enterprises that want to deploy and scale apps without managing servers |
Plans side by side
Heroku
Eco$5per dyno per month
Basic$7per dyno per month
Standard-1X$25per dyno per month
Standard-2X$50per dyno per month
Performance-M$250per dyno per month
Performance-L$500per dyno per month
Performance-L-RAM$500per dyno per month
Performance-XL$750per dyno per month
Performance-2XL$1,500per dyno per month
Private-S$125per dyno per month
Private-M$250per dyno per month
Shield-S$150per dyno per month
Pros and cons
Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand
Buildkite
- Scalable hybrid CI/CD infrastructure with secure agent execution
- Control over build infrastructure while using hosted pipeline management
- Suited to large teams with heavy workloads, monorepos, and high parallelism
- Straightforward pricing
- High-performance managed CI
Heroku
Profile in progress.
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
Cite as: SlateIndex, “Buildkite vs Heroku”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/buildkite-vs-heroku, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.