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Running Costs of a SaaS
- verdverm 6y agoI think you forgot salary. Is there a total for the items listed there?
- behindsight 6y ago> Is there a total for the items listed there? Rough calculations come to ~$155.15/month with the caveat that: * excludes billing costs/charge * excludes the one-time $500 costs of incorporation
- jmstfv 6y agoYeah, it is somewhere around that. I pay a third of that, though, since I'm still using AWS credits.
- SCUSKU 6y agoWould be helpful to sum the results.
- seesaw 6y agoIt seems to be roughly $100/month.
- nojito 6y agoImagine thinking that locking yourself into AWS because of credits is a smart business idea. Yikes.
- jmstfv 6y agoIf you're using a SaaS in the cloud, you're already locked-in. I'm fine with that unless there are proprietary components not available elsewhere (or not compatible with alternatives). If you look at the breakdown, you'll notice that I'm using AWS products that are mostly commoditized at this point: EC2 (virtual servers) + S3 (file storage) + RDS (hosted Postgres database) + Cloudfront (CDN). Nothing is precluding me from renting a few servers elsewhere, and migrating some/all my usage off of AWS. I have a bash script I use for server provisioning to make the transition even easier. When bootstrapping a business on a shoestring budget, not worrying about your main cost center for 2 years is indeed a smart business idea.
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- beckler 6y agoCushion publishes the same info, and they've been around a bit longer. https://cushionapp.com/running-costs/ https://cushionapp.com/running-costs/