AutoIdle automatically puts your staging and review apps to sleep when you don't need them.
When an app is inactive for 30 minutes, AutoIdle puts it to sleep. Without you lifting a finger.
If the app receives an HTTP request, AutoIdle reactivates it. With the same dyno count and active processes present.
See your Heroku bill shrink immediately. You’re only paying for the time you’re actively using the app.
AutoIdle is one of those great little apps that you activate and then just forget about it. It literally saves you a ton of money and lets you stop wasting resources.
When your staging and review apps run 24/7, you’re racking up costs month after month. But chances are, you don’t need every app all the time.
Try out our calculator and get an accurate forecast
AutoIdle is an amazing add-on solving a real problem in a simple way without additional configuration, just install it. I highly recommend it!
AutoIdle is designed for all staging and review apps. It also works for non-critical apps or applications in the background (that only other servers are using). You can add a custom domain and start your app without seeing an error on the first request. You’ll only have to wait a few seconds until AutoIdle has woken up your app.
Change your app’s domain to yourapp.autoidleapp.com instead of yourapp.herokuapp.com to avoid any error messages.
You also have the option to add a custom domain in your AutoIdle dashboard.
In only takes 5-10 seconds for AutoIdle to restart an app.
You’ll see at a glance how much money you’ve saved with AutoIdle. The dashboard also shows you:
The small AutoIdle fee is charged per app per month. It’s automatically added to your monthly Heroku bill. You don’t need to pay separately.
Canceling AutoIdle is as easy as deleting the add-on in Heroku. One click, and it’s done.
