Compare Engine Yard and Salesforce Heroku 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (57.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$25 per month cost for platform and support per instance
$7.00
Engine Yard
Star Rating
(10)3.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$25 per month cost for platform and support per instance
Browse all 4 pricing plansSalesforce Heroku
Star Rating
(147)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$7.00
Browse all 4 pricing plansEngine Yard vs Salesforce Heroku
- Engine Yard and Salesforce Heroku both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Engine Yard is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Salesforce Heroku over Engine Yard.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Engine Yard
Solo
$25
per month cost for platform and support per instance
plus hourly AWS infrastructure cost
Salesforce Heroku
Basic
$7.00
Perfect for small scale personal projects and hobby apps
- Deploy with Git and Docker
- Custom domains
- Container orchestration
Free Trial
Engine Yard
Free Trial is available
Salesforce Heroku
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
9
8.7
119
Ease of Use
8.3
9
8.8
119
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
8.6
58
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.4
54
Quality of Support
8.7
9
7.8
98
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
7.9
53
Product Direction (% positive)
6.1
9
7.4
113
Features by Category
Development
Feature Not Available
9.3
49
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
8.5
44
Not enough data
8.4
44
Not enough data
7.9
32
Database
Feature Not Available
8.5
32
Not enough data
7.8
46
Not enough data
8.3
41
Not enough data
8.1
37
Not enough data
7.9
42
Infrastructure
Feature Not Available
8.5
43
Not enough data
8.3
39
Not enough data
8.8
40
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Engine Yard and Salesforce Heroku are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
Engine Yard has no unique categories
Salesforce Heroku is categorized as Mobile Backend-as-a-Service (mBaaS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Engine Yard
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Salesforce Heroku
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
22.2%
Education Management
22.2%
Computer Software
22.2%
Newspapers
11.1%
Marketing and Advertising
11.1%
Other
11.1%
Computer Software
28.4%
Information Technology and Services
18.4%
Internet
11.3%
Marketing and Advertising
5.0%
Retail
3.5%
Other
33.3%
Alternatives
Discussions
How does Engine Yard pricing relate to the type and size of my server?
1 Comment
Official Response from Engine Yard
The only time this matters is the incremental, consumption based usage on the AWS EC2 side. All Engine Yard PaaS and Support is the same once a support plan...Read more
How did we calculate the typical average costs our customers see?
1 Comment
Official Response from Engine Yard
We included the following discounts and assumptions in our average costs. Compute costs are set at AWS On-Demand pricing. AWS costs are an estimate: 20% of...Read more
How does my selected support level (or levels) affect my price for Engine Yard services?
1 Comment
Official Response from Engine Yard
To compare what’s offered for each support level, review the Summary of Support Plans.Read more
Salesforce Heroku has no discussions with answers
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