TL;DR: This month, the total cost of running the https://vernissage.photos platform amounted to $163.81. A significant portion of these costs was covered by patrons: $90.45. I am very grateful for this support - without it, it would not be possible to run the platform in its current form.
Below is a detailed financial report for the operation of https://vernissage.photos during the month of August. The report is broken down by individual service providers whose services are essential to the functioning of the application.
Amazon (S3 + CloudFront)
Let's start with storage. Vernissage uses Amazon S3 to store all user files and relies on Amazon CloudFront - a content delivery network (CDN) - to distribute those files quickly and reliably across the internet.
- Total storage used: 452.7 GB
- Total number of files: 1,351,559
- Total cost: $14.74
The number of photos is enormous, and the process of reducing the retention period for photos stored in Amazon S3 is still ongoing (the goal is 3 months).
Fly.io
No changes related to resources were made this month. In the coming months, I would like to migrate the database to a new type now offered by fly.io. However, this is not a cheap endeavor, and the cost of resources will likely increase by another $100. Without help and greater support, it will be difficult for me to achieve this.
- Total cost: $147.75
Here’s a breakdown of the services currently in use:
| Name | Type | RAM | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| push | shared-cpu-1x | 512MB | 2 machines |
| web | shared-cpu-2x | 1024MB | 2 machines |
| api | shared-cpu-2x | 2048MB | 2 machines |
| jobs | shared-cpu-2x | 2048MB | 2 machines |
| proxy | shared-cpu-2x | 512MB | 2 machines |
| redis | shared-cpu-2x | 1024MB | 1 machine |
| database | shared-cpu-8x | 4096MB | 2 machines |
OpenAI
The use of OpenAI for generating photo descriptions and suggesting relevant tags has remained at a consistent level.
- Total tokens used: 432,077
- Total requests: 500
- Total cost: $1.32
Patreon
Huge thanks to all the patrons who make it possible to keep the platform running - and a warm welcome to those who joined last month! Your support truly keeps this project alive, and I’m deeply grateful for it.
- Total contributions: $90.45
In August, the total cost amounted to $163.81, which is very similar to July. The slight increase in costs is due to the growing number of photos stored in AWS. The plan to migrate to a faster (and better-supported) database is still on the table - we’ll see when it becomes possible.
Thanks again to everyone for your incredible support - it really means the world to me.
— Marcin Czachurski