Your monthly operating costs scale with your revenue. At $500 MRR, you should spend $0-30/month. At $10K MRR, expect $100-500/month. Here is the stage-by-stage breakdown.
| Item | Range | Typical | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Hosting | $0 – $50/month | $20 | Vercel Pro ($20/mo) at 2K+ visitors. Railway ($5-20/mo) for backend. Supabase Pro ($25/mo) for database. Free tiers cover the first 100-500 users. |
| Domain Renewal | $10 – $15/year | $1/month | Annual cost amortized monthly. Cloudflare charges at cost ($8-10/year). Avoid premium domains. |
| AI Tools | $20 – $90/month | $40 | Claude Pro ($20) + Cursor Pro ($20) = essential stack. Add Perplexity ($20) for research. Keep this lean. |
| Payment Processor Fees | $15 – $150/month | $50 | Stripe: 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. At $4K MRR with 100 customers: roughly $50/month in fees. Included in your costs. |
| Analytics & Monitoring | $0 – $30/month | $0 | PostHog free tier (1M events). Sentry free tier for error tracking. Vercel Analytics free on Hobby. Free tiers cover most micro-SaaS needs. |
| Email Service | $0 – $30/month | $0 | Resend free tier (100 emails/day). Buttondown (free for <100 subscribers). MailerLite free tier (1K subscribers). Free up to moderate volume. |
| Payment Processor (Fixed) | $0 – $0 | $0 | Stripe: no monthly fee. Lemon Squeezy: no monthly fee. PayPal Business: no monthly fee. All pay-per-transaction. |
| Registered Agent (LLC) | $10 – $25/month | $10 | Northwest Registered Agent: $125/year = $10.42/month. Required if you formed an LLC in a different state. |
| Business Bank Account | $0 – $0 | $0 | Mercury, Relay, Novo: all free. No monthly fees for basic accounts. |
| Insurance (Optional) | $25 – $50/month | $0 | Business liability insurance. Recommended once you have 20+ customers or B2B contracts. $300-600/year. |
LLC formation ($300 one-time) + domain ($12/year) = $312 one-time
Hosting ($20) + AI tools ($40) + stripe fees ($50) + registered agent ($10) = $120/month at $4K MRR
$0/month. Everything can be free tier: Vercel Hobby, Supabase Free, Claude free tier, Stripe (pay per transaction).
When your usage exceeds free tier limits — usually around 500-1,000 users or 1M API events/month. Do not upgrade before you need to.
Roughly 5-10% of revenue goes to operational costs. At $4K MRR: $200-400/month. At $10K MRR: $500-1,000/month. The margin improves as you scale.
Disclaimer: Costs are estimates based on 2025-2026 data. Prices may vary.
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