The Nexural ecosystem has 185 database tables, 69 API endpoints, real-time market data, AI-powered features, and a live quality dashboard. My AWS bill is under $50/month.
Here's how.
The Architecture That Saves Money
Principle: use managed services at their free/cheap tiers instead of running your own infrastructure.
| Service | What It Does | Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel (Hobby → Pro) | Next.js hosting, edge functions | $0-20 |
| Supabase (Free → Pro) | PostgreSQL, Auth, Real-time | $0-25 |
| AWS S3 | Telemetry data, artifacts | $0.02 |
| AWS Lambda | API proxy, telemetry ingestion | $0 (free tier) |
| AWS API Gateway | Lambda HTTP endpoint | $0 (free tier) |
| AWS CloudFront | CDN + WAF | $0 (free tier) |
| GitHub Actions | CI/CD, scheduled jobs | $0 (free for public repos) |
Total: ~$25-45/month for a production platform.
The Tricks
1. Supabase Instead of RDS
A Supabase Pro instance is $25/month and includes:
- PostgreSQL 15 with 8GB storage
- Row-level security
- Real-time subscriptions
- Built-in authentication
- Auto-backups
An equivalent RDS instance (db.t3.micro) is $15/month but you need to manage backups, auth, and real-time yourself. Add those services and you're at $60+.
2. Lambda for Spiky Workloads
The telemetry ingestion API handles 0 requests most of the time, then bursts during CI runs. Lambda is perfect: $0 when idle, pennies during bursts.
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