Running delayed jobs on Heroku for free

Question

Is it possible to run delayed jobs on Heroku for free?

I\'m trying to use delayed_job_active_record on Heroku. However, it requires a

Answer 1

You can use Heroku Scheduler to run the jobs using the command

rake jobs:workoff

This way the jobs can run in your web dyno. According to Delayed_Job docs, this command will run all available jobs and exit.

You can configure the scheduler to run this command every 10 minutes for example, and it doesn't have sensible effect on the app's performance when no jobs are queued. Another good idea is to schedule it to run daily at a time with lower access rates.