Every business faces operational costs, and we strive to keep these expenses low to ensure we can provide the best service to our customers while maintaining continuous operations, regardless of our business status. Inspired by transparency initiatives from companies like Cushion and Buttondown, we’ve compiled a breakdown of our running costs. After all, we believe in keeping our finances as clear as our DNS records!
| Service | purpose | Cost/m | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | DNS management | $0 | $0 |
| Hetzner | Server Cost & Hosting | $19(avg) | $215 |
| Porkbun | Domain Registration | - | $45 |
| Amazon Route53 | Adding subdomains | $3 | $36 |
| Amazon SES | Helpdesk Emails | $30(avg) | $480 |
| Amazon SNS | Email Feedback | $0 | $0 |
| Mailgun | Transactional Emails | $10 | $120 |
| Skype Number | Phone call Support | - | $62 |
| Backblaze B2 | Backups and Storage | - | $60 |
| Bank Fees | Monthly Banking charges | $5 | $60 |
| Tailscale | Connecting to remote machines | $0 | $0 |
It’s always interesting to know the tech stack behind every SaaS application. We want to keep this simple, much like our server setup. All our servers run on Hetzner with firewall in Docker Swarm mode - because who doesn’t love a good swarm? There are a few open-source projects to which we tip our virtual hats. These projects include Django, Vue.js, htmx, and PostgreSQL. If you’re keen on what we’re up to (and we hope you are!), follow our Changelog, X or Mastodon. We promise our updates are more frequent than our bank fees!