--- description: Review of Heroku Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Heroku | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Application Lifecycle Management Software](/directory/3325/alm-tools/software) > [Heroku](/software/76653/heroku) # Heroku Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/76653/heroku Page: 1 / 13\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/76653/heroku?page=2) > Heroku is a cloud-based application development platform that supports multiple programming languages. It helps developers effectively manage and scale applications written in open language frameworks and sources. The application takes care of the infrastructure that is required to efficiently deploy apps across multiple areas, allowing users to focus on developing. Heroku is connected to the most popular workflows and tools that are being used today. It is highly effective at running and managing applications written in Ruby, Node.js, Java, Scala, PHP, Go and Clojure. The software eliminates the need to switch between different programs for coding by providing a single window platform that supports all languages. Heroku helps developers run, scale and build applications in a single format across every language it supports. It uses dependences and Procfile to expose the architectural aspects of an application so that developers can independently scale each component. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 304 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 304 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Salesforce - **Location**: San Francisco, US - **Founded**: 2003 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$7.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Free: 1 web/1 worker Hobby: 10 Process Types: $7 per dyno/month Professional - Standard/Performance: $25 - $500 per dyno/month. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Cloud Computing - Collaboration Tools - Compatibility Testing - Continuous Delivery - Continuous Integration - Custom Development - Dashboard - Data Security - Debugging - Deployment Management - For Developers - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Load Testing - Mobile Development - Monitoring - Multiple Programming Languages Supported ## Integrations (3 total) - GitHub - Salesforce Sales Cloud - Slack ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Application Lifecycle Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3325/alm-tools/software) ## Related Categories - [Application Lifecycle Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3325/alm-tools/software) - [DevOps Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4380/devops/software) - [Continuous Integration Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4694/continuous-integration/software) - [App Development Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4499/app-development/software) - [Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4661/paas/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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There are workarounds, but you better rethink how you send mails, store local files or program a CRON. > > Heroku is a time and money saver for every startup that needs to deploy fast without having a team for it. We saved invaluable resources just knowing that in one click, everything would keep up to date. ----- ### "Heroku is still one of the simplest and best out there" — 5.0/5 > **Sam** | *2 May 2023* | Newspapers | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Configuring and deploying a system is still about as simple as it's possible to be, their add-ons market makes creating and managing your infrastructure trivial, and the simple push-to-deploy mechanism makes releasing new versions easy. > > **Cons**: The only downside to Heroku is the price can grow faster than you might expect - though personally I don't mind this as the amount we save on not having our own devops team easily makes it worthwhile. I can see this being more of an issue for companies who have both an in house team and a Heroku instance. ----- ### "Best platform for hobby and production apps" — 5.0/5 > **Danilo** | *20 February 2020* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Heroku has a very intuitive and well-organized dashboard, it offers a simple vision of your apps' databases, with tools like backup \& restore, access to a console inside the database instance, and simple statistics. The deploy is only a git push to a previously configured remote, and the output is shown just right in the terminal, which is very good because I don't need to open a browser to verify the deploy status. > > **Cons**: Therefore the documentation is very complete and full of support links and articles, maybe it could be better suited for junior developers, because some things seems a little out of order, like, they don't say that you need to provision a database instance, but already give you the database setup commands. > > Best platform for hobby and production apps, great documentation and very easy for ruby/rails apps. ----- ### "Easy to Use and Highly Flexible - A Winning Combination" — 5.0/5 > **Farzam** | *24 January 2023* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Heroku is a great platform for building and deploying applications quickly and easily. The user interface is intuitive and easy to use, and the service itself is highly flexible and powerful. With the ability to easily scale applications as needed, Heroku is a great choice for those who need a reliable and flexible platform. > > **Cons**: The only downside to Heroku is the cost. For larger applications, the cost of hosting can be quite high. Additionally, some features such as database backups and monitoring can be expensive to add on. > > I have been using Heroku for a few years now and have found it to be a great platform for quickly building and deploying applications. It is easy to use, highly flexible, and can easily scale as needed. The only downside is the cost, but for many applications it is well worth it. ----- ### "Heroku is easiest option for deployment." — 5.0/5 > **Suman** | *24 September 2020* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is the easiest option for deployment I have ever seen. And the option for addon is plenty. The option for dyno scaling is easy. Also Review app feature from Heroku is one of the most underrated features for them. We user review the app feature for all pull requests and all QA reviews. > > **Cons**: It is a bit expensive for a starter and low traffic web application. Most of the time debugging is pretty easy with Rollbar and Papertrail logs but those only works when the app already started. If the app cannot start after deployment it gives H10 error which is very generic and does not tell anything about the error. > > I'd give 9.5 out of 10 for Heroku. This is the easiest deployment service I have ever seen. Add ons and dyno scaling makes is very good tool. 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