Salesforce Heroku Reviews & Product Details

The thing I like most about Heroku is its simplicity and user-friendly interface. It provides a clear overview of all the important information related to my hosted applications and servers, making it easy to monitor and manage everything in one place. I believe this simplicity is one of the reasons Heroku has been considered a beginner-friendly hosting platform.

Another feature I really appreciate is the Heroku CLI. It integrates very well with CLI-based coding agents, allowing me to automate deployment tasks through simple prompts. For example, I can simply ask my coding agent to deploy my website to Heroku, and it can use the Heroku CLI to handle the necessary steps and provide me with the final deployment link. The CLI offers extensive control over Heroku's features, making application management and deployment much more convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing I dislike most about Heroku is that it no longer offers a free plan. Earlier, Heroku provided a free tier that allowed developers to deploy their applications without any cost, which was especially useful for students and beginners. However, after discontinuing its free plans, developers now have to pay to deploy and host their applications.

I feel this makes it difficult for beginners to explore and experiment with Heroku before committing financially. Unlike hosting platforms that still offer free tiers, Heroku requires users to make a financial commitment to deploy their applications, which can be a disadvantage for students and developers working on personal projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It allows developers to build, run, and scale web and mobile applications in the cloud, without having to manage the underlying physical or virtual servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest downside for me is how quickly the pricing adds up once you move past basic hobby projects. Once you need to scale up dynos or add larger databases, the cost gets significantly higher compared to using AWS or newer alternatives like Render. Also, getting rid of the free tier made it much harder to spin up quick test environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Salesforce Heroku is easier to set up than AWS and makes it easy to start serving an application. It abstracts much of the infrastructure configuration for deploying applications and services. I use its compute power and database services the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I lose some control because Salesforce Heroku abstracts a lot of the infrastructure decisions. Setting specific network controls is harder than in AWS, and getting a static IP for a server that needs to be whitelisted somewhere else is a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simple to use and really easy to scale up. The pricing is good, and the add-ons marketplace is great for easy integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

After the Salesforce acquisition, it feels like development and progress have largely stalled, and the focus is mostly on maintenance rather than moving the product forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fast and easy to deploy, and great for a start-up. There’s no need to worry about the underlying infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When you use the cloud, you may run into maximum timeout limitations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Salesforce Heroku to deploy small side projects, and it makes deploying a project very easy. I like its simplicity and integration with Git, and I found the initial setup easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since the acquisition, I feel like Salesforce Heroku hasn’t improved much, and it’s quite expensive compared to other solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Salesforce Heroku makes application deployment incredibly simple and fast, with seamless scalability and minimal infrastructure management. Its deep integration with Salesforce, intuitive dashboard, and automated scaling streamline development, while excellent onboarding and documentation make setup effortless even for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Salesforce Heroku is powerful, its pricing can become expensive as applications scale, especially with multiple dynos and add‑ons. The dashboard performance occasionally lags when managing large deployments, and deeper analytics or cost‑optimization insights would make it more efficient for enterprise users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform itself is easy to get started with, has a clean developer experience, and abstracts away much of the infrastructure complexity. Deployment and scaling are straightforward, especially for small projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The way Heroku handles billing issues and account deletion is unacceptable. Missing a payment — even unintentionally — can lead to permanent deletion of the entire account and all applications.

Notifications are sent only via email, which can easily end up in spam, with no in-product warnings, no dashboard alerts, and no explicit confirmation before irreversible deletion.

There is no recovery path, no backup option, and no meaningful escalation process once deletion happens. This creates a serious risk for any production or business-critical workload.

Even if users take responsibility for a missed payment, the lack of safeguards and proportional response makes the platform unreliable from a risk-management perspective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's super easy to quickly deploy web apps and get an MVP up and running. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heroku likes forcing arbitrary limits on certain features and caps capacity way lower than other providers. Heroku offers really cheap plans to hook users, but then quickly charges 5x the price of compute on each subsequent upgrade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heroku has enabled us to automate our file processing tasks, such as running the unzip process for RFP case attachments directly on the platform. It has also made it easier to manage real-time synchronization of the contents within those zip files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cost and support was very pathetic. Debugging to be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.