InstaPods

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Full per-tool breakdown, all 10 apps, prices verified June 2026:

https://t.co/siGwq9rCjt

Deploy your first app from $3/mo flat.

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I pulled the current pricing for 10 popular SaaS tools off their own pricing pages and put each next to the open-source version self-hosted.

Median commercial tool: ~$138/yr.
Median to self-host: ~$36/yr.

But the median hides the real lesson. Here's the honest per-tool math

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The pattern: flat self-hosting wins whenever SaaS meters by host, seat, or task. For cheap single-user tools it's break-even, and you do it for ownership.

A $3/mo pod includes SSL, a subdomain, SSH, and a web terminal. The software is free.

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@KalbarczykDev We use it internally as well to power our pods. Do give it a shot.

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@iamdevloper Add InstaPods to that list: $3/mo flat, fully managed, no Coolify-on-Hetzner setup yourself. Same push-and-deploy flow.

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Heroku eco dyno: $5/mo, sleeps.
Vercel free: works until you need a database.
A raw VPS: 2 hours of nginx and systemd.

I built InstaPods because none of those should be the answer for a $3 side project.

https://t.co/SJFlyFAXH4