Heroku Autoscaling

Cut Heroku Dyno Costs Without Compromising Performance

Stop overpaying for idle dynos. HireFire autoscales your web and worker dynos based on demand and capacity, reducing costs while maintaining optimal performance.

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Lower Dyno Costs
No Scaling Limits
Trusted Since 2011
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Trusted By Businesses Since 2011

Improving Heroku Autoscaling for Over a Decade

Since 2011, over 1500 companies have trusted HireFire to automatically scale more than 5000 applications, and managing over 10,000 web and worker dynos to ensure they only pay for what they use.

Effective Autoscaling

How HireFire Reduces Your Heroku Spending

Our configurable autoscalers manage your dyno formation at high frequency, ensuring you're only paying for the dynos you need, when you need them.

Reduce Heroku costs without performance compromise

No Cost-Performance Compromise

Avoid unnecessary expenses due to over-allocation, or compromised performance in an attempt to reduce costs. Dynamically scale your dyno formation to maintain optimal performance while keeping expenses in check.

Worker dyno autoscaling for background job processing optimization

Worker Dyno Support

Worker dynos handle a significant portion of the heavy lifting in many applications, which is why we've introduced first-class support for autoscaling them.

Support for all Heroku dyno types including basic, standard, performance, private and shield

Full Dyno Type Support

We provide full autoscaling support for Basic, Standard, Performance, Private, and Shield dyno tiers, allowing you to save on costs at any stage of your business.

Advanced autoscaling controls for fine-tuned Heroku cost optimization

Fine-tuned Autoscaling

Every application has unique requirements, which is why we offer a set of autoscaling rules that you can customize to fine-tune the autoscaling behavior.

Superior Autoscaling Metrics

Superior Autoscaling Metrics

By integrating HireFire at the application level, we're able to access metrics not available to Heroku's native autoscalers.

Fast Frequency Scaling

High Frequency Scaling

Adapt to changes in traffic and workload through high-frequency autoscaling, ensuring that even large surges can be managed seamlessly.

Scheduled Dyno Formations

Scheduled Dyno Formations

Schedule dyno formations in advance to prepare for predetermined events, or to spin up and shut down staging environments on a weekly schedule.

Web Framework and Worker Library Integration

Works With Your Stack

There are dozens of web frameworks and worker libraries with which HireFire integrates.

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Hanami
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Sinatra
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Rack
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Sidekiq
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Django
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Flask
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Celery
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Express
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BullMQ
Quick & Easy Setup

Up and Running in Minutes

HireFire integrates into your application in just a few steps.

Simple Integration

Integrating HireFire into your application is straightforward. Add the gem, configure it, and deploy - that's it!

Cross-Platform Support

Integration is just as easy with other Ruby, Python, and Node.js web frameworks and worker libraries.

Example Ruby Setup Guide
1
Add the hirefire library
$ bundle add hirefire-resource
2
Configure the hirefire library
HireFire.configure do |config|
  config.dyno(:web)
  config.dyno(:worker) do
    HireFire::Macro::SolidQueue.job_queue_latency
  end
end
3
Commit and deploy to Heroku
$ git commit -am "Autoscale with HireFire"
$ git push heroku master
Cost-effective Pricing

Simple Pricing for Peace of Mind

No need to plan around dyno types or the number of dynos you need to be able to scale up to. These fixed modes will cover your needs whether you're running a small or large application, and the savings will continue to increase as your business grows.

Subscription

Choose between Baseclock and Overclock Mode in-app

All of the following features are included regardless of clock mode:

Support for Web and Worker Dynos
Support for all Dyno Types ?
Unlimited Scaling Events
No Scaling Limits
Technical Support
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DEFAULT MOST USED
Baseclock Mode

Standard Scaling Frequency

$25/mo per application
60 second scaling frequency

Great for most applications

Overclock Mode

Increased Scaling Frequency

$50/mo per application
15-59 second scaling frequency

For applications that require even faster autoscaling reactivity

Switch between modes at any time - billing is automatically prorated

Frequently Asked Questions

Take the Guesswork out of Dyno Allocation

Stop guessing the optimal number of dynos to provision. Use HireFire to dynamically scale your web and worker dynos with reliable metrics, saving money and handling unexpected surges with ease. Start your free trial today and set up your app in minutes.

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