Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Add-ons
Heroku has a marketplace of add-ons. The idea of these add-ons is to provide integration
with third-party services simply and seamlessly into your applications hosted on Heroku.
Currently, there is a wide variety of add-ons that are divided in categories: Data Stores,
Mobile, Search, Logging, e-mail, SMS, Workers and Queueing, Analytics, Caching, Monit-
oring, Media, Utilities, and Payments. Add-ons include Heroku Postgres, PG Backups,
MemCachier, AirBrake, New Relic APM, Logentries, Deploy Hooks, Heroku Scheduler,
Zerigo DNS, SSL, Websolr, SendGrid, Mandrill by MailChimp, and Codeship. You can
meet these add-ons at
https://addons.heroku.com/
.
PostgreSQL is provided on Heroku via an add-on called Heroku Postgres. This add-on has
a number of plans that vary in their features such as cache size, storage limit, limit of sim-
ultaneous connections, and the ability to work with forks and followers. In the
Choosing
the right Heroku Postgres plan
section, you will understand more about these differences.
