Tagged: cost-comparison
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- What backend-as-a-service costs after free tier
7 July 2026
The free tier is generous until it isn't. Here's what a Postgres-based backend-as-a-service platform really costs, add-ons included.
- VPS vs cloud vs colocation for a small SaaS
7 July 2026
Three ways to host a small SaaS, honestly compared on cost, effort, and risk. Most small SaaS should not colocate, and here's when they should.
- What an hour of downtime costs a solo founder
7 July 2026
A back-of-envelope cost model for downtime at a small SaaS: lost revenue, refunds, support time, and the churn and reputation hit that outlast the outage.
- Edge platform vs PaaS vs self-hosting compared
7 July 2026
A real three-way comparison of an edge platform, a full-app PaaS, and self-hosting for AI-built apps: cost, effort, risk, and where each one wins.
- Managed sharded MySQL vs self-hosted Postgres
7 July 2026
A managed, sharded MySQL platform vs self-hosted Postgres, compared on cost, scaling, and effort once your free tier runs out.
- Managed Postgres providers compared
7 July 2026
An honest comparison of a serverless Postgres provider, a backend-as-a-service platform, a big-cloud database, and self-hosted Postgres.
- Managed PaaS vs a raw VPS: cost and control
7 July 2026
A plain comparison of managed app platforms and a raw VPS on price, effort, and control, so you can pick the right host as your app grows.
- Self-hosting vs PaaS: the real cost
7 July 2026
The honest total cost of self-hosting vs PaaS once you add tested backups, monitoring, and your own time. The €5 server isn't €5.
- Usage-based hosting costs as your app scales
7 July 2026
A usage-based edge platform is smooth to start and painful to predict at scale. Here's what drives the bill and where it bites hardest.