🚀 From $2K/month server costs to $800/month cloud costs
My SaaS was hemorrhaging money on a crappy VPS that went down every other week.
The breaking point: Lost 500 users during a 6-hour outage. Had to personally refund angry customers.
What changed everything? Finally bit the bullet on cloud migration.
Results after 3 months:
• 60% lower infrastructure costs
• Zero downtime (knock on wood 🪵)
• Auto-scaling during traffic spikes
• Sleep better at night
Lesson learned: Don't be penny-wise, pound-foolish with your infrastructure.
Fellow indie hackers - what's your biggest infrastructure headache right now?
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To which cloud did you migrate? GCP? AWS? or others?
I migrated to AWS, mainly for its maturity, global infrastructure, and auto-scaling features that fit my SaaS needs. Though honestly, I did explore GCP and Azure as well, each has its own strengths depending on the use case. For me, AWS checked the right boxes in terms of reliability and cost optimization.