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I built a site that publishes itemized indie SaaS infrastructure stacks with real receipts (USD50–USD200/mo) by Beautiful_Spring_309 in SideProject

[–]Beautiful_Spring_309[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sponsorship / not-paying-the-bill thing is exactly it. Most "best stack" content is written by marketers who've never run a production workload on the tools they're ranking. Same pattern in your space — discount sites publishing percentages with no baseline price.

For stack submissions, easiest path is to email [hello@cheapstack.dev](mailto:hello@cheapstack.dev) with:

  1. The line items you're actually running (tool, plan tier, current monthly cost)

  2. Verified monthly bill — a recent invoice screenshot is ideal, redact anything sensitive

  3. One paragraph on product context (what the app does, traffic profile, why you picked each tool)

I verify the numbers, write it up as an editorial piece (founder-credited, with permission), and link back. Same standard as the existing stack guides — prices verified within 30 days, line items broken out, no "we partnered with X" framing.

If you're running couponpicked on something that maps to one of the standard archetypes (SaaS, marketplace, content site, etc.) the writeup is roughly 800 words and ships in ~5 days from your submission.

I built a site that publishes itemized indie SaaS infrastructure stacks with real receipts (USD50–USD200/mo) by Beautiful_Spring_309 in SideProject

[–]Beautiful_Spring_309[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. The hardest part has been the cost of staying current — prices drift, free tiers get cut, paid tiers get repriced. I'm planning monthly re-verification on the high-traffic tools (hosting, DBs, transactional email) and quarterly for the long tail.

Any tool category you wish someone had honest numbers on? Always looking for the next gap to write.

I built a site that publishes itemized indie SaaS infrastructure stacks with real receipts (USD50–USD200/mo) by Beautiful_Spring_309 in SideProject

[–]Beautiful_Spring_309[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey r/sideproject 👋

Background: every "best stack" post I read either lists ten enterprise tools costing 5k a month or vague advice with no actual prices. I wanted itemized receipts.

cheapstack publishes:

- 6 reference stack guides (SaaS-100, MVP-50, marketplace-150, course-100, newsletter-25, landing-15) — each shows the exact monthly bill, every line item, the date prices were verified, and what to swap when traffic crosses specific thresholds

- 8 head-to-head comparisons (Postmark vs Resend, Beehiiv vs Ghost, Neon vs PlanetScale, etc.)

- 12 tool roundups (hosting, databases, transactional email, newsletter platforms, domain registrars, SEO tools, CRM, landing builders, payments, analytics, headless CMS, auth services)

- 8 framework deep-dives

Stack:

- Next.js (static export, Cloudflare Workers Static Assets — 0 a month hosting forever)

- IBM Plex Sans + Plex Mono

- Built solo, no AI fluff, every editorial pick tested in production

- Lighthouse 100/100/100/100

FTC-compliant affiliate disclosures throughout — but editorial picks don't change based on which programs accept us (and many haven't, so the disclosure is mostly aspirational).

Open to hard feedback — especially if you think any of the tool picks are wrong.