The bootstrapper's EU stack for under €10 per month
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通过使用欧盟云服务提供商，可以在每月不到10欧元的成本下搭建基础设施，包括托管、事务性邮件、分析、监控等服务。
Key Takeaways
- Hetzner Cloud 提供的 CX33 服务器配置每月约7欧元，适合运行 Django 或 Rails 应用。
- Netcup 提供的 VPS 计划每月起价低于5欧元，性价比高。
- 三个欧盟邮件服务提供商提供可用的免费事务性邮件服务。
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- §引言
介绍如何在欧盟搭建低成本基础设施，每月花费不到10欧元。
- ·托管服务
Hetzner Cloud 的 CX33 服务器配置每月约7欧元，适合运行 Django 或 Rails 应用。
三个欧盟邮件服务提供商提供可用的免费事务性邮件服务。
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- ·分析
未详细说明，但提及其他相关服务。
- ·监控
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Hetzner Cloud's CX33 server configuration is the sweet spot at around €7 a month for 4 vCPUs, 8 GB of RAM, and 80 GB of disk.
Netcup is the runner-up with similarly cheap VPS plans starting under €5 a month.
Every app needs to send this kind of email, and three EU providers have genuinely usable free tiers.
The bootstrapper's EU stack for under €10 per month
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- The bootstrapper's EU stack for under €10 per month
- Hosting: not free, but cheap
- Transactional email
- Newsletters and email marketing
- Analytics
- Monitoring
- Forms
- Authentication
- Payments
- What it actually costs
- FAQ
You are building something on the side and don't want to burn through your hard-earned euros. You'd like to spend as little as possible on infrastructure until you have proof that anyone wants what you're making. How close to zero can you actually get with a 100% EU infrastructure stack?
A note on "free"
We only list providers that, at the time of writing this post, offer a permanent free tier, not just a 14-day trial.
*Obviously, terms and conditions may change, and free plans may be deprecated at some point.
Hosting: not free, but cheap
No serious EU cloud provider offers permanent free compute resources. Instead, you get very cheap compute options.
Hetzner Cloud's CX33 server configuration is the sweet spot at around €7 a month for 4 vCPUs, 8 GB of RAM, and 80 GB of disk space. This is enough to run a Django or Rails app with a Postgres database, Redis for caching, and background workers—plenty of headroom. If your idea gains traction, you can scale up vertically for a long time before needing to consider more complex solutions. For your average CRUD-style app, this server configuration might even be considered overkill.
Netcup is the runner-up with similarly cheap VPS plans starting under €5 a month. The console is slightly less polished, but the price-performance ratio is excellent, and they have been around since 2003.
Transactional email
Password resets, magic links, receipts, and order confirmation emails. Every app needs to send this kind of email, and three EU providers offer genuinely usable free tiers.