Real migrations, real numbers
Every case study below is a production migration we ran: before/after architecture, line-item cost comparison, screenshots, timeline.
Lovable SaaS → self-hosted VPS: 72% hosting cost reduction
We migrated a production Lovable SaaS application, 8k MAU, Supabase backend, Stripe billing, from Lovable Cloud onto a self-hosted Hetzner VPS with self-hosted Supabase. Costs dropped 72% and p95 latency improved by 38%.
Bolt prototype → AWS Fargate production: 0 → 1.2M requests/day
A clinical intake form built in Bolt needed HIPAA-aligned hosting before launch. We replatformed onto AWS Fargate behind an ALB, with RDS Postgres, KMS-encrypted S3, and CloudTrail audit logging, all under a signed BAA.
Replit side project → DigitalOcean: 5× cheaper, 10× faster
A solo founder's Replit-hosted CRM was hitting cold-start issues and unpredictable bills as Always-On hours added up. We moved it to a $24/mo DigitalOcean droplet with managed Postgres and cut both costs and tail latency dramatically.