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Good question. The cost estimate uses two components: 1. Bandwidth: total bytes served to bots divided by 1GB, multiplied by $0.09/GB (AWS/Cloudflare b
by plaintosapp 5mo ago
Good question. The cost estimate uses two components:
1. Bandwidth: total bytes served to bots divided by
1GB, multiplied by $0.09/GB (AWS/Cloudflare
blended average rate)
2. Compute: total bot requests divided by 1 million,
multiplied by $0.40 (Vercel/Lambda average per
million invocations)
Both rates are configurable assumptions — the real
value is seeing the relative breakdown between bots
and the order of magnitude of waste. Your actual
cost depends on your specific hosting provider.
- len_chapaty 5mo agoGot it, makes sense. Worth noting intra-region vs inter-region transfer can differ a lot too. As a blended average for an order-of-magnitude estimate, this is really useful.
- plaintosapp 5mo agoGood point — intra vs inter-region transfer costs can vary significantly, especially on AWS. The $0.09 is deliberately conservative as a blended estimate. A future version could let users input their actual hosting provider rates for a more precise number. Adding that to the roadmap. Thank you.
- roysting 5mo agoWas that response written and/or auto-replied by AI?
- plaintosapp 5mo agoFair question given the context. I used AI tools to help build the product, and I do use AI to help draft responses — but I read, edit, and post every reply myself. Nothing is auto-posted.