Instance admins, how much does it cost you to run your instance? How much does that represent per active user? - eviltoast

Question triggered by the other post about instances shutting down due to costs

Summary of the answers:

  • lowest number so far: lemmy.ml with 0.03€ per user per month
  • a few others (feddit.uk, lemmy.zip) have around 0.11$ per user per month
  • obviously single user instance have higher costs
  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    ¥1590/month.

    Rough $11/month in freedom dollars. That’s not bad!

    Still pricey for a solo use. What is your use cases? Lurking or a frequent poster?

    • 鴉河雛@PieFed@pf.korako.me
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      3 months ago

      I probably post frequently.
      Number of Posts by Month

      File servers and multiple BOTs are also running.

      It may be a little expensive, but it is a typical amount of money for a VPS that runs Mastodon somewhat comfortably in Japan.
      SAKURA internet VPS

      ※Sorry, I’m using machine translation.

    • wesley@yall.theatl.social
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      3 months ago

      Yea that seems pretty high. I have a solo pixelfed server that runs around $5 / month. It doesn’t get a lot of use though