https://ployz.dev/blogWhat hosting really costs, and what the same app costs on a server you rent.https://ployz.dev/blog/cheapest-vpshttps://ployz.dev/blog/cheapest-vpsFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/coolifyhttps://ployz.dev/blog/coolifyFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/docker-compose-multiple-servershttps://ployz.dev/blog/docker-compose-multiple-serversFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDocker Compose on multiple servers: why Compose is single-host, and what Docker contexts, Swarm, WireGuard, Kamal, Nomad, K3s and Ployz each cost you.https://ployz.dev/blog/git-push-deployhttps://ployz.dev/blog/git-push-deployFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGit 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/is-vercel-freehttps://ployz.dev/blog/is-vercel-freeFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIs 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/kubernetes-alternativeshttps://ployz.dev/blog/kubernetes-alternativesFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTKubernetes 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/laravel-cloud-pricinghttps://ployz.dev/blog/laravel-cloud-pricingFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLaravel 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/n8n-pricinghttps://ployz.dev/blog/n8n-pricingFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTn8n 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/paas-pricinghttps://ployz.dev/blog/paas-pricingFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPaaS pricing, fee by fee: seats, bandwidth, per-service instances, databases, builds and overages on Vercel, Render, Railway, Fly.io, Netlify and Heroku.https://ployz.dev/blog/railway-pricinghttps://ployz.dev/blog/railway-pricingFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTRailway 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/render-pricinghttps://ployz.dev/blog/render-pricingFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTRender 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.https://ployz.dev/blog/self-hosted-paashttps://ployz.dev/blog/self-hosted-paasFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA self hosted PaaS costs $0 plus a $7 server. Coolify, Dokploy, Dokku, CapRover, Kamal and Ployz compared on multi-server, Compose, backups, previews, UI.https://ployz.dev/blog/supabase-pricinghttps://ployz.dev/blog/supabase-pricingFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSupabase pricing explained: the $25 Pro plan, compute add-ons, disk and egress, worked at three sizes and compared with Postgres on your own server.https://ployz.dev/blog/vercel-alternativeshttps://ployz.dev/blog/vercel-alternativesFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTVercel alternatives priced for one Next.js + Postgres + worker app: $16 to $203/month on Netlify, Cloudflare, Render, Railway, Fly.io and your own server.https://ployz.dev/blog/vercel-pricinghttps://ployz.dev/blog/vercel-pricingFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTVercel 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.