# Heroku AI adds a flexible standard plan and expands its managed model catalog

DevFeed: [Heroku AI adds a flexible standard plan and expands its managed model catalog](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/whats-new-in-heroku-ai-new-models-and-a-flexible-standard-plan-26473.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/new-models-and-flexible-standard-plan/>)

Author: Anush DSouza

Published: 2026-02-19T17:08:20Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [Heroku AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku-ai.md>), [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [model-deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-deployment.md>), [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [deepseek](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deepseek.md>), [cohere](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cohere.md>)

Tags: [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [cohere](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cohere.md>), [deepseek](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deepseek.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [heroku-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku-ai.md>), [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [managed-inference-and-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/managed-inference-and-agents.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>)

## AI overview

Heroku introduces a standard plan for Managed Inference and Agents that lets developers access supported models through one add-on and API key, while adding Claude 4.6, new open-weight models, and Cohere Embed V4.

## Source excerpt

Heroku is introducing significant updates to Managed Inference and Agents. These changes focus on reducing developer friction, expanding model catalogue, and streamlining deployment workflows. More flexibility with the new standard plan Until now, Heroku's model-based plans required developers to provision a specific add-on for a specific model. This created significant operational overhead. If you wanted [...] The post Whats New in Heroku AI: New Models and a Flexible Standard Plan appeared first on Heroku.