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Cloud Cost Optimization

Cutting cloud costs without cutting corners: right-sizing, storage tiers, spot instances, and cleaning up zombie resources. Learn where the money actually goes and which optimizations pay off first. Practical tactics that trim bills while keeping performance intact.

A balance scale comparing a single tall server block against a stack of multiple smaller cloud service blocks, illustrating the cost comparison between self-hosted and managed PaaS approaches.

Self-Hosting with Coolify vs Cloud PaaS: A Real Cost Breakdown for Indie Developers

A mid-2026 cost-benefit breakdown comparing self-hosted Coolify to Vercel, Render, DigitalOcean App Platform, and Fly.io — including the workloads where the cloud still beats self-hosting.

Sep 14, 2026Read article

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Self-Hosting with Coolify vs Cloud PaaS: A Real Cost Breakdown for Indie Developers