What it costs to run Grow
I think you deserve to know what it actually costs to keep this app online. These numbers are pulled live from each provider's billing API. No guesswork.
Like the app? Help keep it running.
Every coffee covers about a day of AI extraction. Genuinely no pressure — the app stays free either way.
☕ Buy me a coffeeThis month so far
$30.26
Where the money goes
Vercelconfig
Web hosting (Next.js SSR + serverless functions)
Pro plan base fee; usage overages not separately tracked
$20.00
Apple Developer Programconfig
Required for App Store + iOS widget
Pro-rated from $99/year
$8.25
Anthropic (Claude)live
AI for event extraction (emails, Instagram DMs, scraped pages)
72 requests, 258,108 in / 34,867 out tokens
- claude-sonnet-4-6 · 36 req$0.87
- claude-haiku-4-5 · 36 req$0.14
$1.01
Domain (unserious.studio)config
Annual domain registration
Pro-rated from $12/year
$1.00
AWSfallback
Hosting, image storage, inbound email, DNS
API unavailable and no cached value yet
$0.00
Neonfallback
Serverless Postgres (primary database)
API unavailable and no cached value yet
$0.00
Upstash Redisfallback
Caching, Instagram-token storage, alert dedupe
API unavailable and no cached value yet
$0.00
Better Stackconfig
Production log aggregation
Free tier
$0.00
Resendconfig
Operational alert emails
Free tier (3k emails/month)
$0.00
Methodology
- live means the number came from the provider's billing API this session (cached for 24h to avoid hammering them).
- config means a flat-rate cost I keep in code (domain, free-tier services). I update it manually when bills change.
- fallback means the live API failed and we're showing the last good cached value. If you see this often, ping me.
- Annual costs (domain, Apple Developer) are pro-rated to a monthly equivalent so the headline number reflects real run-rate.