AVAILABLE FOR WEB, FLUTTER & QA PROJECTS
How to use this tool
1. Specify Monthly Traffic & Page Views
Enter expected monthly unique visitors and average pages viewed per session.
2. Configure Bandwidth & Asset Egress
Specify average page payload size (e.g. 1.2 MB) to calculate monthly network transfer egress.
3. Set Compute & Serverless Invocations
Estimate dynamic API requests and backend function runtimes in milliseconds.
4. Compare Provider Cost Estimates
Review side-by-side cost projections for Serverless (Vercel), Cloud VPS (Hetzner/DigitalOcean), and AWS Cloud.
Formula or logic used
Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Cost Comparison
Hosting costs combine network data egress, CPU/RAM execution time, and base instance reservations across hosting architectures.
Total Data Transfer (GB): $\text{Egress GB} = \frac{\text{Monthly Page Views} \times \text{Avg Page Size (MB)}}{1024}$Serverless Compute: $\text{GB-seconds} = \text{API Calls} \times \text{Execution Time (s)} \times \frac{\text{Memory (MB)}}{1024}$Managed VPS Cost: Flat monthly node pricing + overage bandwidth ($0.01 - $0.02 per GB)Serverless Egress Rate: Vercel ($0.15/GB above tier), AWS CloudFront ($0.085/GB)
Examples
Example 1: Content Marketing & SaaS Marketing Site
Shows that managed edge platforms provide massive developer productivity for minimal cost at moderate scale.
Example 2: High-Traffic Dynamic Web Application
Demonstrates when self-hosted VPS / Coolify infrastructure yields 10x-15x monthly cash savings.
Common use cases
Serverless vs VPS Migration Decisions
Evaluate when rising Vercel or AWS Lambda bills justify migrating to Coolify or Docker on Hetzner.
Traffic Spike Stress Budgeting
Simulate what happens to your cloud invoice if your app goes viral on Hacker News or Product Hunt.
Annual IT Budget Forecasting
Accurately budget fixed and variable infrastructure costs for startup runways.
CDN & Edge Caching ROI
Measure how increasing your CDN cache hit ratio reduces expensive origin server compute bills.
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Frequently asked questions
When should I choose Serverless over a traditional VPS?
Serverless (like Vercel or AWS Lambda) is ideal for MVPs, fast iterations, dynamic traffic spikes, and teams without dedicated DevOps engineers. A VPS is more cost-effective for high steady traffic with large egress volumes.
Why is cloud bandwidth egress so expensive?
Major cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) use bandwidth egress as a high-margin lock-in mechanism, charging $0.08 to $0.12 per GB compared to VPS hosts (like Hetzner) which include 20 TB free.
How can I reduce my Next.js hosting costs?
Enable aggressive static site generation (SSG) or Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR), optimize images with next/image WebP/AVIF formats, and cache public assets at the edge.
What is Coolify and how does it save money?
Coolify is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Vercel/Heroku. It lets you deploy Next.js apps, databases, and Docker containers onto your own cheap VPS for a fraction of PaaS costs.
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