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Comparison · CI/CD · weekly run Nov 3

Docker vs Heroku

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Docker is the stronger AI pick in CI/CD: it has a visibility score of 17.2 versus 0.3 for Heroku, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Docker if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (17.2 vs 0.3)
You want a free plan to start
AI answers describe it more positively (6% vs 0% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 attestation for Docker Hub and Scout or ISO 27001 certification or ISO 27701 certified privacy program coverage

Choose Heroku if…

You want a lower entry price ($5 vs $11)
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
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Docker	Heroku
Visibility score	17.2%	0.3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in CI/CD	#7	#31
Share of voice	4.5%	0.2%
Mentions this run	27	1
Positive in AI answers	6%	0%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Docker 0pp · Heroku 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Docker leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

22.8%

AI Mode

18.3%

0.9%

Perplexity

10.6%

DockerHeroku

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Docker ranked higher

0Heroku ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Docker	Heroku
What should a CI/CD tool integrate with?	AI Mode	#4	#8

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Docker	Heroku
Pricing model	Per seat	Flat tiers
Entry price	Free; paid from $11 per seat / mo	$5 / mo
Free plan	Yes	No
Deployment	Local and Docker-managed cloud	Fully managed cloud platform as a service (container-based)
Integrations	—	150+
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2 attestation for Docker Hub and Scout, ISO 27001 certification, ISO 27701 certified privacy program	PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider, HIPAA, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
Support	Community forums and Community Slack, Support tickets with 5, 2 or 1 business day response SLAs by plan, Premium Support and TAM add-on with 24x7 response	Enterprise-grade support with SLAs and onboarding for Heroku Enterprise customers
Founded	2013	2007
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	San Francisco, California, United States (Salesforce headquarters, 415 Mission St)
Employees	501–1,000	201–500
Funding	Funding round	Series A dated March 13, 2013 (amount redacted, not confirmed)
Best for	Individual developers, growing teams and large enterprises that run AI coding agents and need security teams to govern them	Developers, startups, agencies and enterprises that want to deploy and scale apps without managing servers