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Instance admins, how much does it cost you to run your instance? How much does that represent per active user? (feddit.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Blaze@feddit.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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
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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What would be the reason to move it to a dedicated infrastructure, you not needing your existing infrastructure?

Yeah, that, or if I decide one day I don't want to deal with my own hardware anymore. I've got a hybrid cloud infrastructure currently, and most of the heavy services (DB mostly) run on my own hardware for cost/performance reasons (and I have fiber, so might as well use it lol)

[–] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Would you mind sharing your active user count?

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

its public across the verse at https://fedidb.org

ptz's for instance (heh) https://fedidb.org/network/instance/dubvee.org

[–] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For others, the number is 8 "monthly active users".

As this instance is partially operating on "free" hardware, it's unlikely one can host an instance for much cheaper.

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 3 points 2 months ago

For me it's zero. In addition to reusing existing hardware, I have a subsidized internet connection that I reuse to connect my instance, and even the domain name is free.

Of course I also have fewer users - excluding me, zero.