On-Premise
On Premise Costs
Summary: Generally, you should expect to pay up to $2,000 / month in infrastructure costs for volumes of up to 20 million requests/month.This could increase or decrease depending on the cloud provider, request volumes (increases server and ingress/egress costs), redundancy and resiliency requirements (increases database costs), and size of data flowing through the system (increases blob storage, cache, and ingress/egress costs).For low volumes (under 10 million requests/month) running on single region deployments with spot instances, costs can be as low as $900/month.
Overview
To run Paragon’s software on your own cloud, you’ll need at a minimum:- Kubernetes cluster
- PostgreSQL database
- Redis instance
- SendGrid account
Resources
Kubernetes
The Kubernetes cluster runs the microservices. Depending on the number of requests flowing through the system, more servers may need to be instantiated to meet the demand. Services typically autoscale based on horizontal pod autoscalers listening to CPU and memory. Prices on compute instances can be found below: Additionally, some of the clouds charge a base price per month for Kubernetes (e.g. AWS EKS charges $72 / mo).Spot Instances
Kubernetes pricing can be optimized by using spot instances, which can cut costs by as much as 90%. AWS, Azure, and GCP all offer spot instances, which you can learn more about here. Installations can be configured to use a certain percentage of spot instances (0 - 100%).Reserved Pricing
You can save on compute costs by reserving server instances and paying for so many months or years up front. AWS, Azure and GCP all offer this.Pricing Chart
Here are our recommended settings for request volumes of up to 100 million requests/month.| Cloud | Instance | Instances | $ / Hour | $ / Hour (Spot) | $ / Month | $ / Month (Spot) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | t3a.small | 16 | 0.0188 | 0.0056 | $216.58 | $64.51 |
| Azure | B1s | 32 | 0.0104 | - | $239.62 | $0.00 |
| Azure | D2as v5 | 8 | 0.086 | 0.0086 | $495.36 | $49.54 |
| GCP | e2-small | 16 | 0.016751 | 0.016751 | $192.97 | $57.89 |
For AWS, add $72 / mo to run the EKS cluster.
Postgres
Postgres is the primary datastore used for saving data in Paragon. A single server is needed, and several databases are provisioned within it. The costs are generally determined by CPU and memory.| Instance | Cloud | vCPU | Memory (GB) | $ / Hour | $ / Month | $ / Month (Multi-AZ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| db.t3.micro | AWS | 2 | 1 | 0.018 | $12.96 | $25.92 |
| db.t3.medium | AWS | 2 | 4 | 0.072 | $51.84 | $103.68 |
| GP_Gen5_2 | Azure | 2 | 10 | 0.176 | $126.72 | $253.44 |
| db-f1-micro | GCP | null | 0.6 | 0.0105 | $7.56 | $15.12 |
| db-n1-standard-2 | GCP | 2 | - | 0.0826 | $59.47 | $118.94 |
GCP also charges for storage and networking. Learn more here.
Reserved Pricing
You can save on Postgres costs by paying for 1 - 3 years upfront. AWS, Azure, and GCP all offer this.Redis
Redis is used as a cache and worker queue. A single Redis instance is needed. Pricing is typically determined based on cost and memory.| Instance | Cloud | vCPU | Memory (GB) | $ / Hour | $ / Month | $ / Month (Multi-AZ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cache.m6g.xlarge | AWS | 4 | 12.93 | 0.297 | $213.84 | $427.68 |
| cache.r4.xlarge | AWS | 4 | 25.05 | 0.455 | $327.60 | $655.20 |
| P1 | Azure | 0 | 6 | 0.554 | $398.88 | $797.76 |
| P3 | Azure | null | 26 | 2.218 | $1,596.96 | $3,193.92 |
| Standard | GCP | 0 | 10 | 0.54 | $388.80 | $777.60 |
| Standard | GCP | null | 25 | 1.15 | $828.00 | $1,656.00 |
SendGrid
SendGrid is used to send emails including:- invite team member
- reset password
- failed workflow notifications