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Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect

Salesforce certification for individuals who architect scalable solutions, deploy and manage apps, and manage teams and workflows on Heroku, specifically Heroku Enterprise.

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Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam
Applicability
Current official catalog and its directly linked guide agree on the examination and its initial prerequisites. The guide identifies Winter '25 alignment, but no official examination, credential or route start/end dates are published in the adopted materials, so date boundaries remain null.
Audience
The guide targets individuals with a minimum of two years of experience and skills across Heroku domains; this audience description is preserved separately from the explicit Prerequisite: None statement.
Exam Conditions
Pass the current English Heroku Architect examination with a minimum score of 72%; no hard copy or online reference materials may be used; accept the Certification Program Agreement and Code of Conduct.
Online Conditions
Review system requirements, confirm exam ID requirements and run the Pearson system test.
Prerequisite
None; no additional prerequisite examination is identified by the current guide or catalog.
Scheduling
Log in to Trailhead Academy, select this examination and an available appointment, choose online proctoring or a testing center, then complete checkout; no fixed public registration window is stated.
Scope Boundary
Initial qualification only; later certification maintenance is outside the requested route. The linked program terms impose maintenance separately for keeping a designation current.
Testing Center Conditions
Confirm ID requirements; bring ID whose name exactly matches the booking; select a local venue and time slot.

Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam

Provider
Salesforce; proctored delivery through Pearson VUE / Pearson OnVUE
Format
English; multiple-choice/multiple-select; proctored online or at a testing center; no hard copy or online references
Exam questions
Total questions: 60–65; Scored questions: 60; Unscored questions: 0–5; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
105 minutes
Passing score
72%
Exam fee
Registration US$400 / JPY 60,000; retake US$200 / JPY 30,000; plus applicable local taxes
Examination outline
  • Heroku Platform (10%)
    • Building and deploying apps
    • Scalability during high-traffic spikes
    • Elements Marketplace add-ons, buildpacks and Heroku Buttons
  • Data (17%)
    • Heroku Postgres, follower databases and Dataclips
    • Streaming communication with Apache Kafka on Heroku
    • Heroku Key-Value Store (KVS)
    • Third-party add-ons and add-on sharing
  • Security (15%)
    • Architectures for security certifications
    • Private Space Peering and VPN connections
    • Private Space Runtime versus Common Runtime
  • Heroku Enterprise (28%)
    • Heroku Enterprise architecture features
    • Private Spaces and Common Runtime networking
    • Heroku Shield compliance features
    • Enterprise Teams
  • Architect Applications (15%)
    • Twelve-Factor App methodology
    • Microservices orchestration using Apache Kafka on Heroku
  • Integrations (15%)
    • Heroku Connect and External IDs
    • Integrating Heroku apps with the Salesforce Lightning Platform
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