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Dan Kulkov replaced Vercel

Now: Hetzner server plus Cloudflare, running 4 weeks

$360saved per year, running cost not disclosed

Indie founder Dan Kulkov dropped his paid Vercel plan and now hosts on a Hetzner server behind Cloudflare, as part of a cleanup that also moved his database to self-hosted Postgres.

Receipt #02902026-10-07

Dan Kulkov

Old billVercel, $30 a month
$30
NowHetzner server plus Cloudflare
Not disclosed
Saved per month$30/mo

Thank you for not renewing

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Numbers as reported. How this ledger works

Timeline

  1. Replaced2026-10-07

Stack

hetznercloudflare

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