Heroku

Heroku is a managed application platform, founded in 2007 and acquired by Salesforce in 2010, that lets developers deploy code with a git push and leave servers, scaling, and operating systems to the platform. Applications run in lightweight containers called dynos, and buildpacks detect the language and assemble a runtime so a project deploys without a custom pipeline. A large add-on marketplace attaches databases, caches, and monitoring, and Heroku popularized the Twelve-Factor App approach to building cloud services.

Key Capabilities:

• Git-based deploys that build and release an app from a push

• Buildpacks that detect a language and produce a runnable container

• Dynos that scale horizontally and vertically without server management

• An add-on marketplace for managed Postgres, Redis, and more

• Review apps and pipelines for staging and promotion workflows

• Managed Postgres with backups, followers, and connection pooling