Yes, dynos are billed hourly, but I think he was asking whether he
gets billed if the dynos sit there unused. The answer is yes - if you
set the dynos to 8, you'll be paying 35 cents an hour regardless of
how much traffic they're actually processing.


On Jan 16, 12:24 pm, Terence Lee <hon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The latter, once you setup a dyno you're getting build hourly for it.
>
>
>
> On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 10:29 -0800, holden wrote:
> > I have a newb question, but I'm a bit confused on the pricing since it
> > states on the pricing page "estimated monthly cost."  I'm not sure how
> > to phrase my question except as an example:
>
> > If I start a new app, and say I allocated 8 dynos for it, because I'm
> > ambitious that I'm sitting on the next big thing.  But lets say my app
> > dives and everyone who uses it hates it and leaves immediately, and
> > really I could have gotten by with 2 dynos.  Once I crank the dynos
> > are they constantly up and getting billed?  Or are they smart little
> > dynos that only spring into action as the need arises?
>
> > Thanks for your patience.
>
> > holden
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