Costs posts
What the services behind a small app actually cost, and where the money leaks.
How Squiid prices: pass-through, one fee, no markup
Sep 18, 2026 · 6 min readSquiid pricing explained: credits at par, subscriptions passed through at list price, and a visible platform and top-up fee instead of a hidden margin.
OpenRouter is for models. What covers everything else?
Sep 15, 2026 · 5 min readAn honest look at what OpenRouter does well, what it deliberately does not cover, and what is left over when your app needs more than a model.
Prepaid credits or a card on file: which protects you?
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readPrepaid credits and postpaid cards fail in opposite directions. What each model really protects, where each one hurts, and which to pick for agent workloads.
My agent ran all night and spent $400: how do I cap spend?
Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min readHow agent loops turn into four figure bills overnight, what hard caps and alerts really do, and the code and billing settings that stop it happening twice.
What do Supabase, Vercel, Resend, Twilio and Cloudflare cost?
Aug 12, 2026 · 6 min readList prices for the five services most vibe-coded apps use, at the time of writing, plus three realistic monthly totals for a weekend project and a live app.
Why do I get a separate bill for every service I add?
Jul 21, 2026 · 6 min readEvery service an AI-coded app touches bills you separately. Here is where the money goes, the five costs the demos hide, and how to get it back under control.
What services do I need for my first vibe-coded app?
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min readThe realistic service list for a first AI-coded app: hosting, a database, auth, email and a domain, plus the services worth refusing this week.
One bill instead of nine.
Every service in these posts runs through one Squiid key, on one invoice, with credits that pause instead of overdrawing.