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"Thanks to Heroku, we don't need to do as much direct management in AWS.""It's easy to push a change and to deploy new things.""The platform is very Node.js-friendly, which is something that is important to us.""One of the best things about Heroku is that it is very easy and straightforward to deploy an application.""We use Heroku to run generic data. We also use it for our customer development environment. It helps us to build and test websites.""The most valuable feature of Heroku is the continuous integration and applications it provides.""It is easy to deploy applications, and we don't need to bother about software updates on the server. We don't need to bother about machines, servers, and hardware. We only need to care about the system and functionality that we need or want to develop. They take care of everything else. It provides high availability. It is a pretty good solution that provides everything that we need. It has everything that we need to run our applications. We have many different applications, and we generate three million bills for a company in Brazil. We see more than a billion requests per day in another application. Everything works just fine, and it is very good.""What I found most valuable about this solution is that it's easy to use and integrate with GitHub actions."

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"The security is the most valuable feature, in particular, the way I can give different access to different areas to different people, so you can really fine-tune access for different users."

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Cons
"The tool's configuration is complex.""We don't find the pipelines intuitive. The user experience could be better. Having to set up multiple apps, then a pipeline, seems like an overkill on the amount of work to do.""I improved the application performance by monitoring and adjusting the cleaner configuration to help set better lightweight limits on containers that run the app instances.""We would like to be notified when something goes wrong in the process. When something is not working, we should get an alert.""They could flesh out some of their analytics a little more.""Heroku doesn't support Docker images on the CI infrastructure.""Heroku had an authentication problem a few months ago, but they solved it.""I think this solution would be improved if free demos were available indefinitely."

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"The user interface for the systems that you build can use some improvement because as it is now, you have to do a lot of HTML and CSS to make it look modern."

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  • "Its price is very good."
  • "The price of Heroku could be less expensive."
  • "There is a standard fee for a processing unit, they call them "dynos," and then you pay for add-ons."
  • "I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."
  • "The tool is free."
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  • "This product has really good value, as it doesn't have a per-user cost, there's a flat fee."
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    Top Answer:I like the tool's scalability, CLI, and dashboards.
    Top Answer:I improved the application performance by monitoring and adjusting the cleaner configuration to help set better lightweight limits on containers that run the app instances.
    Top Answer:We use the solution to streamline mobile application deployment and management. By connecting our project's GitHub repository to Heroku, I enabled automatic deployments whenever changes were pushed to… more »
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    Overview

    Established in 2007, Heroku is a cloud application platform providing a streamlined, efficient place for web app developers to create and deploy their applications. Heroku is designed to maximize developer productivity. With the entire web application development process available on the Herokucloud, creating and rolling out web apps has been made more efficient, convenient, and cost-effective than ever before.

    Knack helps non-programmers easily build beautiful, data-driven web apps. Data can be imported from spreadsheets and converted to an online database. Tools like search, forms, and tables are used to build web apps that work with the data. Apps can be published to any site and adapt to the surrounding design. Multiple versions can be published to different sites and for different audiences. Developers can extend these apps with a RESTful API, custom CSS, and JS event handlers.

    Sample Customers
    Facebook, UrbanDictionary, Code for America, Mailchimp, Rapportive, GitHub, TED, and Lyft.
    Siemens Kaiser Permanente VMware SunChemical C.R. England Philips The Salvation Army United Way U.S. Green Building Council Cambridge University Press
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company43%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Marketing Services Firm14%
    Sports Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Educational Organization13%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Financial Services Firm8%
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    Real Estate/Law Firm12%
    Construction Company9%
    Government9%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business81%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise12%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise65%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise46%
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    Heroku is ranked 12th in PaaS Clouds with 27 reviews while Knack is ranked 30th in Rapid Application Development Software. Heroku is rated 8.4, while Knack is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Heroku writes "Useful for mobile and web applications, and helps with rapid development cycle ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Knack writes "Flexible and granular security options, good filtering, and the pricing model is cost-effective". Heroku is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Google App Engine, OpenShift and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, whereas Knack is most compared with Caspio, Microsoft Power Apps, Amazon AWS, Salesforce Platform and Microsoft Azure.

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