Hosting is one of the cheapest parts of running a micro-SaaS. Modern platforms offer generous free tiers that cover the first 100-500 users. Here is exactly what hosting costs at every stage.
| Item | Range | Typical | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel (Frontend) | $0 – $20/month | $0 | Hobby tier (free): 100GB bandwidth, 6,000 build minutes. Pro ($20/mo): unlimited bandwidth, team features. Hobby covers most micro-SaaS up to 5K visitors/month. |
| Supabase (Database) | $0 – $25/month | $0 | Free tier: 500MB database, 1GB bandwidth, 50K edge requests. Pro ($25/mo): 8GB database, 250GB bandwidth, 500K requests. Free tier covers 100-500 users. |
| Railway (Backend) | $0 – $20/month | $5 | Free tier: $5 credit/month. Starter ($5/mo): more resources. Good for backend APIs and cron jobs. Pay only for what you use beyond free credits. |
| DigitalOcean App Platform | $5 – $50/month | $12 | Basic: $5/month (512MB RAM). Professional: $12/month (1GB RAM). Good if you want more control than Vercel. No free tier. |
| Cloudflare Pages | $0 – $0 | $0 | Free tier: unlimited bandwidth, 500 builds/month, 1GB storage. Excellent free tier for static sites and simple apps. No paid tier needed for most micro-SaaS. |
| Render | $0 – $7/month | $0 | Free tier: static sites and web services (sleeps after inactivity). Starter: $7/month (no sleep). Good for backend APIs. |
| Fly.io | $0 – $17/month | $0 | Free tier: 3 shared VMs with 256MB RAM each. Hobby ($17/mo): dedicated VMs. Good for Docker-based deployments. |
| Neon (PostgreSQL) | $0 – $19/month | $0 | Free tier: 500MB storage, 5 branches. Pro ($19/mo): 10GB storage, 50 branches, branching for staging/testing. |
$0 one-time (no upfront hosting costs)
Free tier ($0) → Pro ($20-45/month) → Scale ($50-150/month). Typical micro-SaaS at 200 users: $20-40/month total.
Vercel Hobby (frontend, free) + Supabase Free (database, free) + Cloudflare (domain/DNS, free) + Railway free credits (backend, free). Total: $0/month for the first 500+ users.
Vercel Pro ($20) + Supabase Pro ($25) + Railway ($5-20) = $45-65/month. At $4K MRR from 1,000 users, hosting costs ~1-2% of revenue.
PaaS (Vercel, Railway, Render) is cheaper for micro-SaaS because you share infrastructure. Dedicated hosting (DigitalOcean, Hetzner) is cheaper at scale (10K+ users). For micro-SaaS, PaaS wins every time.
Disclaimer: Costs are estimates based on 2025-2026 data. Prices may vary.
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