Do more with, and get more from, your data on Heroku
Data is key to creating the immersive experiences that engage today’s customers. Developers need fast access to data and insights so they can bring the most compelling and relevant apps to market.
Heroku’s fully managed Postgres, Redis, and Apache Kafka data services help developers get started faster, and be more productive forever. Our expert data team builds, operates, secures, and validates compliance for the three core open-source data services at the heart of developer applications. All of which means you can focus on building data-driven apps, not data infrastructure. Working with data on our platform is all part of the same great Heroku developer experience.
Heroku Postgres
Heroku delivers the world’s most advanced open source database as a trusted, secure, and scalable service, optimized for developers. More on Heroku Postgres →
Heroku Data for Redis®*
Heroku Data for Redis gives you the open source data store you love with a more robust developer experience. More on Heroku Data for Redis →
Apache Kafka on Heroku
Apache Kafka on Heroku connects the leading open source solution for handling streaming data with an ecosystem of apps and fully managed data services. More on Apache Kafka on Heroku →
Heroku’s flexibility lets developers build with their preferred data architecture and integrate with a larger ecosystem of data providers, such as data from Salesforce, resources from AWS, and third-party add-ons.
Heroku manages more than 2.8 million data stores
Your apps & data on one integrated platform
Heroku’s robust app runtime environment and powerful cloud data services work together seamlessly. With one-click and near-instantaneous provisioning, Heroku helps you get started faster and allows you to work with your data at scale.
Rich data ecosystem
Heroku lets you build with the data architecture that works best for your app and business. Choose from popular data services managed by Heroku, leverage 3rd party add-on providers, integrate external resources in public clouds and private data centers via mutual TLS or in Amazon VPCs via PrivateLink, and more.
Data options for Salesforce
Allow Salesforce Functions to access Heroku Postgres, including data managed by Heroku Connect. Use Functions to publish events with Apache Kafka on Heroku and optimize data access overheads with Heroku Data for Redis.
Heroku data services grow with you
Deploy hobby or experimental apps
Bypass the complexity of building your own data infrastructure and get easy access to the best of open source technologies. Integrate fully managed data services within minutes.
Launch business-critical apps
Easily assemble services, code, and data to rapidly deliver new products and features. Use high-productivity platform tools to make better data-driven decisions, faster.
Optimize team collaboration
Boost team productivity with built-in collaboration and data management workflows. Choose the data architecture that best fit your customer use cases and team's talents.
Scale your business with trust and compliance
Assure data privacy, security, and compliance at the infrastructure level without sacrificing team agility. Easily build apps handling HIPAA or PCI-DSS data, or integrate CRM data for customer-centric experiences. Scale data services seamlessly to meet high-demand use cases.
Powerful, data-driven apps on Heroku
Heroku gives you the flexibility and freedom to select the data architecture that works best for your team and use case. Choose the durability and productivity of Heroku Postgres, the in-memory performance of Heroku Data for Redis, or the ability to stream data at scale with Apache Kafka on Heroku, integrate third-party add-on services or incorporate solution components from other clouds and private data centers. Need inspiration? Here are just a few examples.
Build customer loyalty and reward apps
Offer customers personalized rewards based on relationship data in your Salesforce CRM. Use Heroku Connect to sync data between Salesforce and Heroku Postgres.
Resources
Featured Podcast
Spreading the Database LoveBrendon Murphy, CTO of Kajabi, talks about his team’s experience with Heroku Postgres, and how Dataclips enables everyone in the company to easily access analytics data.
Latest News
BYOK for Heroku Data ServicesEnterprises gain full data custody and data access control without taking on the burden of managing any aspect of the data service itself.
Featured Blog Post
Optimizing Database Performance in RailsAs your app grows, learn how to diagnose and address performance issues and get helpful tips on optimizing Heroku Postgres and Heroku Data for Redis.
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