Heroku is an AI Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) designed to simplify the deployment, management, and scaling of modern applications. It abstracts away the complexities of infrastructure management, allowing developers to focus on building data-driven applications.
Key features include:
- Managed Inference and Agents: Access leading AI models with minimal setup using
heroku ai:models:create. - Model Context Protocol (MCP): Extend AI agents with tools and APIs using the open Model Context Protocol.
- pgvector for Heroku Postgres: Build retrieval augmented generation (RAG) applications with vector similarity search.
- Polyglot Support: Officially supports Node.js, Ruby, Java, PHP, Python, Go, Scala, Clojure, and .NET.
- Heroku Enterprise: Offers network isolation, dedicated runtime environments, and enhanced compliance features.
- Heroku Connect: Seamlessly sync Heroku data into Salesforce systems.
Use cases range from startups to enterprises, including web applications, mobile backends, and AI-powered services. Heroku's ecosystem of add-ons and buildpacks further extends its capabilities.
