How We Run 5 Live SaaS Products on $35/Month in Infrastructure

April 5, 2026 | 9 min read When people hear that we run five live SaaS products -- each with its own frontend, backend API, database, and custom domain -- they assume we are spending hundreds of dollars a month on infrastructure. The reality is closer to $35. Sometimes less, depending on the month. We are Obsidian Clad Labs, a small group of friends from Tennessee who build software products. We are bootstrapped, which means every dollar matters. We cannot afford to spend $50 per service just because that is the default starting plan. So we got creative with how we architect, deploy, and operate our products. Here is the full breakdown. The Architecture Pattern Every one of our products follows the same basic structure: a Next.js frontend deployed to a static hosting provider with a generous free tier, a Python FastAPI backend deployed to a container hosting platform, and a PostgreSQL database running alongside the backend. DNS and SSL are handled by a free CDN provider. This pattern i