283 posts tagged with "Migration"
Migrating off hosted platforms like Render, Heroku, Railway, and Fly.io
Fly.io's Two New 2026 Line Items, Priced Line by Line: Snapshots and Cross-Region Traffic vs a Flat Hetzner Fleet
Fly.io started metering volume snapshots in January 2026 and inter-region private traffic in February. A line-by-line bill for a typical two-region app totals ~$23 vs ~$11 on flat Hetzner hardware — and ~$45 with an Africa/India region.
Fly.io's Two New 2026 Billing Lines: Read the Invoice Before You Migrate Off It
On January 1, 2026, Fly.io's invoice grew two lines — metered volume snapshots and app-scoped egress IPs. A line-by-line read of what they meter, a worked workload total against a flat Hetzner box, and what the 2024-2026 margin-tightening pattern signals for your stay-or-go decision.
From $87 in Heroku Dynos to $7 on Hetzner: a Real 2026 Migration Bill, Line by Line
A line-by-line recompute of a Node.js API plus worker plus Postgres on Heroku Standard dynos ($87/month) versus the same containers on a Hetzner CX23 (~$7/month) at September 2026 prices, with honest egress math, a hobby-to-growing-prod sensitivity ladder, and where Heroku's zero-ops premium still wins.
Netlify Will Now Run Your Postgres Too: What the One-Invoice Database Really Costs
Netlify Database folds managed Postgres into the platform bill with per-preview data branches. A concrete accounting of what the bundle buys, the four ceilings it installs, and why bex keeps the database behind a tenant-owned connection string.
The 5x PaaS Pricing Spread: What One API + Worker + Postgres Costs on Railway, Render, Fly.io, Vercel — and a Flat Hetzner Box
A line-by-line recompute of the same API, worker, and Postgres workload across Railway, Render, Fly.io, and Vercel rate cards — plus egress sensitivity to 2 TB, cold-start math, and the flat Hetzner number the whole spread collapses to.
Railway's Per-Second Meter vs Render's Flat Workspace Fee: What a Bursty Side Project Actually Costs in 2026
Railway bills compute by the second under a $5 Hobby floor; Render charges a flat workspace fee plus fixed per-service prices. A worked comparison for a bursty side project and a steady production app — with the crossover math and what a flat Hetzner box removes entirely.
Upsun Bills You Four Times for One App: What a Typical API + Postgres + Redis Stack Really Costs vs. a €4 Hetzner Box
A line-by-line recompute of a typical API plus Postgres plus Redis stack on Upsun's four-dimension meter versus the same containers on a flat Hetzner CX22, with preview-environment sensitivity math and an honest read on what per-app cloud choice is worth.
Fly.io Started Billing What Used to Be Free: The Two 2026 Line Items, Priced
Fly.io began metering volume snapshots in January 2026 and cross-region private traffic in February 2026. A line-by-line recompute shows the two new charges adding roughly $9 to a $33 three-region bill, against $15 flat on owned Hetzner hardware.
Railway vs Render vs Fly.io, Re-Priced: Where the 5x Bill Spread Actually Comes From
Railway (~$37), Render (~$30), and Fly.io (~$12) bill the same Node.js-plus-Postgres stack three different ways at July 2026 prices, and the gap stretches to ~5x once egress grows. A line-by-line recompute of compute, database, volume, and egress charges, the $0.02-vs-$0.12 regional premium, and what the stack collapses to on a flat $5 Hetzner box.