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Cost consolidation guide
Run several small apps on one VPS without creating a server mess
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Short answer
One production VPS with separate apps, domains, env vars, persistent data, logs, backups, monitoring, and a simple upgrade path when traffic grows.
Why this matters
Every app has a separate hosting bill, database bill, analytics bill, and dashboard, but none of them is large enough to justify that complexity.
Walkthrough
- 01
Decide what belongs on the VPS
Do not consolidate everything. Keep specialized external services when they are safer or simpler.
- Good VPS candidates: small apps, APIs, Postgres, analytics, queues, storage, admin tools.
- Usually keep external: payments, transactional email, DNS, and anything compliance-heavy.
- Move one app first, then repeat the pattern.
- 02
Create one isolated unit per product
Keep apps separated so a broken side project does not make the whole server impossible to reason about.
- Create separate apps, Compose projects, or services for each product.
- Use separate domains/subdomains and separate env vars.
- Use named volumes for databases and data that must survive deploys.
- 03
Add the boring safety rails
A cheap VPS becomes expensive if nobody knows how to recover it.
- Keep routing visible in your deploy panel or reverse proxy config.
- Monitor memory, disk, CPU, and logs after each new app.
- Write a one-page server map: apps, domains, ports, volumes, backups, and restart steps.
Where RepoAssistant fits
RepoAssistant consolidates small app infrastructure when one clean VPS is enough.