Customer Stories
See how teams use TinyPod to self-host their infrastructure and save thousands.
Software Development
Indie SaaS Studio
How a solo developer replaced $340/mo in SaaS with a single $5 TinyPod server
98% (from $340 to $5)
Monthly cost reduction
Under 2 minutes
Deployment time
12
Apps running on one server
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Photography
Aperture Collective
A photography studio replaced Google Photos and Dropbox with self-hosted alternatives
85% vs Google + Dropbox
Storage cost reduction
Self-hosted galleries with direct links
Client delivery
100% — client photos never touch third-party servers
Data privacy
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Technology Startup
BuildFast Labs
A 10-person startup built their entire dev infrastructure for $15/month
$15 (down from $200+)
Monthly dev tool costs
10 — no per-seat fees
Team members
Fully self-hosted with Drone
CI/CD pipeline
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Education / Non-Profit
OpenLearn Foundation
A non-profit built a learning platform for 500 students at $5/month
$5/month for 500 students
Platform cost
$0.01/month
Cost per student
99.8% over 6 months
Uptime
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Web Development Agency
PixelForge Agency
A web agency hosts 30+ client sites on TinyPod for less than one client's old Heroku bill
75% reduction across all clients
Hosting cost
10 hours/month saved
Management time
34 sites on 3 servers ($15/mo)
Client sites
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