I build an add-on for Heroku[0], have worked for a company on and off that's had all core services on Heroku for over 8 years, and I've put a lot of my side projects etc. on Heroku.
My experiences differ depending on the above, I've mostly use Render or an alternative for side projects now (just due to cost/forgettability). As a daily user of Heroku professionally - it's clear Heroku isn't a priority for Salesforce. Heroku has struggled to maintain any form of product development and, if anything, has become more unreliable over the last year or two.
As an add-on developer, my communication with Heroku has been fantastic. You can assume so because it's a direct revenue stream and feature expander - but my experience with other platforms isn't (iOS has slow/poor communication and docs, Chrome's extension support is non-existent and often not backwards compatible etc.). It's kind of re-ignited my love affair with Heroku, like it was pre-salesforce.
Overall I can't see us moving from Heroku unless costs demand us to - it's just too 'easy' to stay. Vendor lock in is real and I'm okay admitting that.
My experiences differ depending on the above, I've mostly use Render or an alternative for side projects now (just due to cost/forgettability). As a daily user of Heroku professionally - it's clear Heroku isn't a priority for Salesforce. Heroku has struggled to maintain any form of product development and, if anything, has become more unreliable over the last year or two.
As an add-on developer, my communication with Heroku has been fantastic. You can assume so because it's a direct revenue stream and feature expander - but my experience with other platforms isn't (iOS has slow/poor communication and docs, Chrome's extension support is non-existent and often not backwards compatible etc.). It's kind of re-ignited my love affair with Heroku, like it was pre-salesforce.
Overall I can't see us moving from Heroku unless costs demand us to - it's just too 'easy' to stay. Vendor lock in is real and I'm okay admitting that.
0 - https://elements.heroku.com/addons/eppalock