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I've barely used Heroku, just playing with it for a day or two when it was in its heyday to see what it was about. But my incredibly anecdotal sense is that Her
by zippergz 4y ago
I've barely used Heroku, just playing with it for a day or two when it was in its heyday to see what it was about. But my incredibly anecdotal sense is that Heroku's real sweet spot was apps that started out on the free plan and then grew to be paying customers. Is that not really accurate? I know that's kind of a hard business model because only a tiny percentage of free customers will ever start paying. But do companies that can afford to pay from day 1 really use Heroku?
- ryantgtg 4y agoAlso anecdotally, we were on heroku for like 10 years. Started on free tier, and as our hobby project grew, we moved up in tiers (ending at $59/mo - after that any “upgrade” would double our costs). Heroku was great for us. But they didn’t seem to stay competitive with the alternatives.
- bombcar 4y agoThat's a style of business that can work for various companies, but it is NOT the type of business that Salesforce, et al want to chase. They want to work with accounts and upsell those accounts. It's an entirely different business model, and isn't really compatible.