Blog / Engineering / PaaS + IaaS: Heroku and AWS for Cloud-Native Enterprise Agility

Last Updated: December 04, 2025

For modern enterprises building cloud-native applications, success hinges on achieving maximum development velocity at every scale. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers like AWS provide hundreds of services with the unmatched reliability and scale needed for enterprise infrastructure, but they can require significant effort and expertise for organizations to be effective and efficient. To achieve true agility, development teams turn to a Platform as a Service (PaaS) like Heroku to streamline the path to production and beyond.

Sophisticated enterprises focus their expertise on building unique business value versus undifferentiated heavy lifting. Their unique apps and services that satisfy customers, improve business productivity, and gain a competitive edge.…