# How to Add the Moesif API Observability Add-On to Your Heroku Applications

DevFeed: [How to Add the Moesif API Observability Add-On to Your Heroku Applications](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-add-the-moesif-api-observability-add-on-to-your-heroku-applications-26363.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/add-moesif-api-observability-to-your-heroku-applications/>)

Author: Matt Tanner

Published: 2025-04-16T20:11:55Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [add-ons](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/add-ons.md>), [analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analytics.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [partners](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partners.md>), [product-features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-features.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to add the Moesif API Observability Add-On to a Heroku application. It describes using Moesif to analyze API traffic, monitor performance, understand user behavior, debug issues, and support usage-based monetization, with billing and user management handled through Heroku.

## Source excerpt

With API-driven applications being increasingly common, understanding how your APIs are performing is crucial for success. That's where the combination of Heroku and Moesif allows developers and their organizations to step up their observability game. In this blog, we will quickly examine how you can integrate Moesif with your Heroku app to begin monetizing and analyzing your API traffic. Let's kick things off by taking a brief look at both platforms. The post How to Add the Moesif API Observability Add-On to Your Heroku Applications appeared first on Heroku.