The €8 to €800 Scaling Roadmap
Most scaling problems aren't technical—they're operational. Here's a framework to diagnose when you actually need infrastructure complexity versus when simpler architecture would serve you better.
Post-seed to Series B SaaS teams burn €15k+/month on cloud they can't leave. We cut costs 60%, reclaim EU data sovereignty, and hand your team a stack they fully own — in 90 days.
Built in the trenches, not in theory
We've shipped production systems at scale and watched vendor dependency destroy teams. We proved a €7.59/month EU VPS handles 500+ RPS because the alternative actually works.
We've seen €8k/month AWS bills for 100 RPS. We've seen the one engineer who understood CloudFormation quit. Vendor dependency is a business risk. We treat it like one.
After 90 days, every config is in your repo, every tool is standard, every decision is yours. Deploy, debug, scale — without us, without AWS, without anyone's permission.
From vendor dependency to full ownership in weeks, not quarters
We map your infrastructure, vendor dependencies, and data residency gaps. You see what staying costs and what freedom looks like. No pitch, no obligation.
Migrate 1-3 services to sovereign EU infrastructure. Prove real cost savings — typically €5k-15k/month — before committing to the full stack.
Complete operational independence. Your team trained to deploy, debug, and scale without us. Every config in your repo. Runbook delivered. We disappear.
Vendor dependency isn't just expensive. It's a business risk.
AWS raised egress pricing 3x in 2024. Even after Hetzner's recent adjustment, you're paying 10x less than equivalent AWS. More importantly: standard Docker means you can move to any provider in hours. Your runway isn't held hostage by anyone.
The US CLOUD Act lets American authorities compel AWS, Azure, and GCP to hand over EU-stored data — GDPR alone doesn't protect you. NIS2 and DORA are pushing European companies toward sovereign infrastructure. We move you to EU-owned providers, outside US legal jurisdiction entirely.
Every config lives in your GitHub repo. Standard Docker + PostgreSQL + Nginx — any engineer can run it. You're never one pricing change away from a crisis.
After 90 days: deploy with `git push`, debug with `docker logs`, scale without calling anyone. Your infrastructure governed by EU law, not a Seattle arbitration clause. No permission required.
Efficiency by design, independence by default
Every decision starts with: does this create dependency you don't want? VPS for predictability, hybrid when proven necessary. Your business drives the stack — not vendor incentives.
All updates in GitHub issues and PRs. Your team ships features, not attends standups.
Context in issues, reviews in PRs, decisions in comments. Work across timezones without friction.
Every config goes in your repo. After 90 days, you don't need us — or any vendor. That's the contract.
Non-negotiables that define our deliverables
Proven at 500+ RPS on €7.59/month. EU data residency by default. No vendor lock-in. Infrastructure designed for your growth — not a hyperscaler's pricing model.
Deploy with `git push`, debug with `docker logs` — no IAM, no 7-service pipeline, no tribal knowledge. Your team owns production completely.
Every migration includes integration tests, health checks, and a single-page runbook. No bus factor. No knowledge that walks out the door.
No theory. No vendor pitch. Just what actually happened when we tested it.
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You pay for outcomes. We measure success by your independence.
Comprehensive independence assessment
1-2 week proof of concept
End-to-end operational independence
Handling the objections, engineer to engineer
VPS gives you predictable costs and operational independence. We pair it with Cloudflare for CDN and DDoS protection. No lock-in, no YAML hell, no vendor holding your architecture hostage.
Vertical scaling gets you to 50k users easily. If you hit that, we add read replicas — not before. Most 'scale' problems are premature optimization sold by vendors who profit from complexity.
We're not a fit if you need multi-region failover today, if you have a dedicated platform team (20+ engineers), or if you think Kubernetes is 'simple'. This is for post-seed to Series B teams who want to ship features — not manage infrastructure.
We run two instances with a floating IP. Cheaper than one EC2 with redundancy, and failover is automatic. You own both instances and the failover config — no vendor to call.
Hetzner is a €1B EU company with better uptime than most startups' AWS setups. And the regulatory wind is at your back — NIS2, DORA, and EUCS are all pushing toward EU infrastructure sovereignty. Investors increasingly see US vendor dependency as a risk, not a feature.
All infrastructure stays in EU data centers under EU legal jurisdiction. Unlike US-owned cloud providers, there's no CLOUD Act exposure — US authorities cannot compel data handover. GDPR-compliant by default. NIS2 and DORA-ready. No DPA negotiations with a US vendor.
No. AWS lock-in means proprietary services (Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation) that only run on AWS. Our stack is Docker + standard PostgreSQL + Nginx. Same tools, any provider. You migrate in hours.
Standard Docker Compose + PostgreSQL means you migrate to any VPS provider in hours, not weeks. No CloudFormation to reverse-engineer, no IAM policies to untangle. That's the point: you're not locked in to anyone.
Pre-traction startups (you belong on Heroku/Railway). Companies with dedicated platform teams (20+ ops engineers). Businesses needing multi-region failover today. If your infrastructure works and your team owns it — you don't need us.
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