Question triggered by the other post about instances shutting down due to costs

Summary of the answers:

  • lowest number so far: lemmy.ml with 0.03€ per user per month
  • a few others (feddit.uk, lemmy.zip) have around 0.11$ per user per month
  • obviously single user instance have higher costs
    • matcha_addict@lemy.lolEnglish
      4·
      13 days ago

      Are you sure? Check again. I didn’t scroll too far, but saw $6, $35, $20, $65 and $30. All are lower.

      • imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
        4·
        13 days ago

        For cost per user, it’s only 3 cents. A few others are around 10 cents per user, and the rest are significantly higher.

        The instances with lower total cost also have much lower activity, lemmy.ml has 2.4k active users but still only 80€ per month. Impressive.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      22·
      13 days ago

      Looking at the domain name, they’re in Mali. Things must be cheap out there.