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I don't see how your infra could cost anywhere near that much. The blogs could be pushed to s3 for pennies, letsencrypt is free, you could probably leverage lambda for the API. Could you shed some more light on your costs?

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I’m assuming the cost of themselves as a developer which seems perfectly reasonable.

How much would you charge per hour to develop a similar service and how long would it take you?

It's still a product once you account for overheads. 200€ a year isn't "pay my AWS bills for me and get my work for free...", it's "pay what I think this product is worth."

That's totally fair, but the parent mentioned infrastructure costs in response to their posted price. So I don't think bringing up the cost of infrastructure is a non-sequitor. OP could have said, "I think that's a fair price when you factor in the costs of operation, my time, and ongoing maintenance," but they didn't which is why I asked a more pointed question.

I'm unsure of what your purpose is with this post - if you want to compete because you think it is a good business - costs << price - go for it.

I actually just might do that! Wanted to point out to other people who may have been thinking of taking this idea and undercutting on price that the infra most likely doesn't cost anywhere near as much. Given that "infrastructure costs" were cited as a reason for this specific price point, I don't think my comment was unreasonable.

Also, I am genuinely curious to know more about the OP's costs, which is why I asked them for more info.

I run Telepost on Google Cloud, it costs me $70/mo - http://i.ncrp.co/1H3g0k2V402e.

I also pay for the certificate, $100/year. Let's Encrypt is also used, but for custom domains.

But that's not the point. I don't explain price with infrastructure costs but rather explain why I can't be like Netflix and ask $10/mo. That was a mistake on my part to mention it at all.

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