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"Flexible dyno hours" is some nice marketing spin. 550 hours a month works out to one application running 18 hours a day, whereas previously you could have an u

"Flexible dyno hours" is some nice marketing spin. 550 hours a month works out to one application running 18 hours a day, whereas previously you could have an unlimited number of apps running up to 18 hours per day.

matthewcford 10y ago
Yup, basically killing most free apps, sad times.
- brettgoulder 10y ago
  Hey, I am the PM for this project. It's not our intent to kill free apps. I love weekend hacks and small pet projects myself and Free dynos are still perfect for that. What we've found is that 1000 hours covered about 95% of the Free dyno usage on the platform. In most cases, if you have a bunch of Free apps, they're usually sleeping since they're not receiving traffic. I'd love to hear any additional feedback. You can reach me at brett@heroku.com.
  - tasteup 10y ago
    I have many free apps as well as paid apps running. But I always used Heroku because I didn't have to worry about limitations unless a particular app has high volume. Now that it's become a monstrous burden, I'll definitely be moving most of my apps to a vps/DigitalOcean. You just lost a huge number of free apps that could potentially become paid apps. TLDR: Hassle of keeping track of account wide dyno use > hassle of running on vps
    - infecto 10y ago
      I am honestly curious how many of the "huge number of free apps" would actually become big paying apps. I suspect its quite a low number.
      - tasteup 10y ago
        You'd be surprised. And at their rates for paid apps, even a single mid-low traffic paid app can run $xxx per month (incl. db).
detaro 10y ago
But you get 1000 free hours? (if you give them credit card data) If you just want one 24h-app + a bit that's better, if you can live with <=18h for all your apps it is worse.
- mateuszf 10y ago
  Nice, now I can just put all my apps in one dyno, and I get free hosting. This is actually better for me. With SSL!
- tasteup 10y ago
  I think it's time to move away from Heroku or create multiple accounts to pool together "low usage" apps. Before // After 18h for every app // 24h for one app

matthewcford 10y ago

Yup, basically killing most free apps, sad times.

brettgoulder 10y ago
Hey, I am the PM for this project. It's not our intent to kill free apps. I love weekend hacks and small pet projects myself and Free dynos are still perfect for that. What we've found is that 1000 hours covered about 95% of the Free dyno usage on the platform. In most cases, if you have a bunch of Free apps, they're usually sleeping since they're not receiving traffic. I'd love to hear any additional feedback. You can reach me at brett@heroku.com.
- tasteup 10y ago
  I have many free apps as well as paid apps running. But I always used Heroku because I didn't have to worry about limitations unless a particular app has high volume. Now that it's become a monstrous burden, I'll definitely be moving most of my apps to a vps/DigitalOcean. You just lost a huge number of free apps that could potentially become paid apps. TLDR: Hassle of keeping track of account wide dyno use > hassle of running on vps
  - infecto 10y ago
    I am honestly curious how many of the "huge number of free apps" would actually become big paying apps. I suspect its quite a low number.
    - tasteup 10y ago
      You'd be surprised. And at their rates for paid apps, even a single mid-low traffic paid app can run $xxx per month (incl. db).

detaro 10y ago

But you get 1000 free hours? (if you give them credit card data) If you just want one 24h-app + a bit that's better, if you can live with <=18h for all your apps it is worse.

mateuszf 10y ago
Nice, now I can just put all my apps in one dyno, and I get free hosting. This is actually better for me. With SSL!
tasteup 10y ago
I think it's time to move away from Heroku or create multiple accounts to pool together "low usage" apps. Before // After 18h for every app // 24h for one app