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Launch a SaaS MVP as a solo founder: cheapest tool stack

Ship and run a small SaaS: hosting, database + auth, payments and privacy-friendly analytics.

Prices are official, dated and quoted (latest check 2026-10-18). Change any number and the stacks update. Ranking never depends on affiliate status.

Cheapest$78.00/mo0.0 h/week by handLowest monthly price that covers every category.

Balanced$78.00/mo0.0 h/week by handLowest price + your time (hours × your hourly value).

Most automated$78.00/mo0.0 h/week by handFewest manual hours; price breaks ties.

Revenue per month: 1,000.0

The three stacks

Cheapest stack

Category	Tool	What it does	$/month	Manual h/week
Hosting	Vercel Hobby	Free tier for personal projects.	$0.00	0.0 h
Database + auth	Supabase Pro	Postgres, auth, storage; 100,000 MAU included.	$25.00	0.0 h
Payments	Stripe Standard (US cards)	Card payments and subscriptions.	$44.00	0.0 h
Analytics	Plausible Starter	Privacy-friendly analytics, 10k pageviews, one site.	$9.00	0.0 h
Total			$78.00/mo	0.0 h/week

Balanced stack

Category	Tool	What it does	$/month	Manual h/week
Hosting	Vercel Hobby	Free tier for personal projects.	$0.00	0.0 h
Database + auth	Supabase Pro	Postgres, auth, storage; 100,000 MAU included.	$25.00	0.0 h
Payments	Stripe Standard (US cards)	Card payments and subscriptions.	$44.00	0.0 h
Analytics	Plausible Starter	Privacy-friendly analytics, 10k pageviews, one site.	$9.00	0.0 h
Total			$78.00/mo	0.0 h/week

Most automated stack

Category	Tool	What it does	$/month	Manual h/week
Hosting	Vercel Hobby	Free tier for personal projects.	$0.00	0.0 h
Database + auth	Supabase Pro	Postgres, auth, storage; 100,000 MAU included.	$25.00	0.0 h
Payments	Stripe Standard (US cards)	Card payments and subscriptions.	$44.00	0.0 h
Analytics	Plausible Starter	Privacy-friendly analytics, 10k pageviews, one site.	$9.00	0.0 h
Total			$78.00/mo	0.0 h/week

Every option, per category

Sorted by price at your numbers. “Doesn’t fit” means a plan limit (users, minutes, subscribers…) is exceeded.

Hosting

Tool / plan	$/month	h/week	Evidence
Vercel Hobby Check Vercel's fair-use terms before running a commercial product on Hobby.	$0.00	0.0 h	Price source Vercel: Hobby $0/month; Pro $20/month with $20 of included usage credit (checked 2026-10-18, read on the official page 2026-10-18 (snapshot vercel)) Hobby $0 /mo. The perfect starting place for your web app or personal project. Pro Popular $20 /mo. Everything you need to build and scale your app. All Hobby features, plus: $20 of included usage credit Formula: `0`
Vercel Pro Usage beyond the included credit is billed extra.	$20.00	0.0 h	Price source Vercel: Hobby $0/month; Pro $20/month with $20 of included usage credit (checked 2026-10-18, read on the official page 2026-10-18 (snapshot vercel)) Hobby $0 /mo. The perfect starting place for your web app or personal project. Pro Popular $20 /mo. Everything you need to build and scale your app. All Hobby features, plus: $20 of included usage credit Formula: `20`

Database + auth

Tool / plan	$/month	h/week	Evidence
Supabase Pro	$25.00	0.0 h	Price source Supabase Pro: $25/month, 100,000 monthly active users included, then $0.00325 per MAU; Free plan exists (checked 2026-10-18, read on the official page 2026-10-18 (snapshot supabase)) 100,000 monthly active users then $0.00325 per MAU Paid plans include $10/mo in compute credits, enough to cover one Micro instance. Formula: `25+max(0,mau-100000)*0.00325`

Payments

Tool / plan	$/month	h/week	Evidence
Stripe Standard (US cards) Stripe Billing for subscriptions may add a percentage; not counted.	$44.00	0.0 h	Price source Stripe standard US rate: 2.9% + 30¢ per successful domestic card transaction (checked 2026-10-18, CourseCost: systeme-io fact stripe/us) 2.9% + 30¢ per successful transaction for domestic cards Formula: `revpct/100+customersfixed`

Analytics

Tool / plan	$/month	h/week	Evidence
Plausible Starter	$9.00	0.0 h	Price source Plausible Starter $9/month (10k monthly pageviews, one site) (checked 2026-10-18, read on the official page 2026-10-18 (snapshot plausible)) Starter /year /month $9 /month Custom Start free trial One site Formula: `9`

Not covered (yet)

Transactional email (Resend etc.): plan prices didn't render on the official page for us.
Supabase Free plan limits and Vercel overage: not priced.
Domain name.

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Questions

What does a SaaS MVP cost per month?

With Vercel Pro, Supabase Pro and Plausible Starter the fixed part is about $54 a month; payment fees grow with revenue.

When does Supabase charge for users?

Supabase Pro includes 100,000 monthly active users, then $0.00325 per MAU.

Do affiliate links change the ranking?

No. The ranking only uses price, manual hours and your hourly value. Some tools have a marked affiliate link; the calculation never reads it.