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The Cheapest VPS for Developers in 2026: Price per GB of RAM, After the Price Rises
The cheapest VPS in 2026 by price per GB of RAM: 4 GB for $4.54 at OVHcloud, about $7 at Hetzner, $24 at DigitalOcean. Sourced prices and benchmarks.
Coolify Review 2026: What It Gets Right, and Where It Hurts
A sourced Coolify review: free self-hosted, $5 Cloud, 300+ one-click services and S3 backups, plus the security advisories, release churn and multi-server gaps.
Docker Compose Across Multiple Servers: Your Options Without Kubernetes
Docker Compose on multiple servers: why Compose is single-host, and what Docker contexts, Swarm, WireGuard, Kamal, Nomad, K3s and Ployz each cost you.
Git Push to Deploy on Your Own Server: Five Ways, From a Git Hook to a Platform
Git push deploy on your own server, five ways: a git hook, GitHub Actions over SSH, Dokku, Kamal and a platform. What each handles and what's left to you.
Is Vercel Free? Yes, Until Your Project Makes $1
Is Vercel free? Hobby is $0 for personal, non-commercial projects with 100 GB and 1M requests a month. The first dollar you earn makes it $20.
Kubernetes Alternatives for Small Teams in 2026: Run Containers on a Few Servers Without K8s
Kubernetes alternatives for 1 to 10 servers: Docker Compose, Swarm, Nomad, K3s, Kamal, Cloud Run, Fargate and self-hosted PaaS, with costs and a decision table.
Laravel Cloud Pricing in 2026: One App at $32, $144 and $379 vs Forge vs Your Own Server
Laravel Cloud pricing worked out for one Laravel app: $32, $144 and $379 a month at three sizes, next to Forge plus a server and your own server.
n8n Cloud Pricing vs Self-Hosting n8n on a $5 VPS
n8n pricing in 2026: Cloud is €20 to €145 a month for 2,500 to 50,000 executions. Self-hosting n8n on a Hetzner server is about $7, with no execution cap.
The Hidden Costs of PaaS: Seats, Bandwidth and Per-Service Fees
PaaS pricing, fee by fee: seats, bandwidth, per-service instances, databases, builds and overages on Vercel, Render, Railway, Fly.io, Netlify and Heroku.
Railway Pricing Explained: What $5 Hobby Really Runs
Railway pricing worked out: an always-on app plus Postgres costs $14, $62 and $218 a month at three sizes. The same app runs on a $16 to $28 server.
Render Pricing in 2026: What a Web App, Worker and Postgres Actually Cost
Render pricing for a real stack: web service, worker, Postgres and Key Value cost $38, $197 and $806 a month at three sizes, next to a $16 to $45 server.
Self-Hosted PaaS in 2026: Coolify, Dokploy, Dokku, CapRover, Kamal and Ployz Compared
A self hosted PaaS costs $0 plus a $7 server. Coolify, Dokploy, Dokku, CapRover, Kamal and Ployz compared on multi-server, Compose, backups, previews, UI.
Supabase Pricing vs Running Postgres on Your Own Server
Supabase pricing explained: the $25 Pro plan, compute add-ons, disk and egress, worked at three sizes and compared with Postgres on your own server.
The Best Vercel Alternatives in 2026: The Same Full-Stack App Priced on 6 Platforms
Vercel alternatives priced for one Next.js + Postgres + worker app: $16 to $203/month on Netlify, Cloudflare, Render, Railway, Fly.io and your own server.
Vercel Pricing, Worked Out: What a Real Next.js App Costs at 100 GB, 1 TB and 5 TB
Vercel pricing worked out for one Next.js app: $40, $120 and $332 a month at 100 GB, 1 TB and 5 TB of traffic, next to the same app on a $16 server.