Why hosting your SaaS in a VPS is a must in 2026
Whether you’re building one or multiple SaaS products, having a VPS is a must
here’s why:
> Save costs on tools
Probably the biggest advantage a VPS has over normal hosting is the ridiculous amount of money you’ll save
Normal hosting (vercel, railway, render, d!bs, etc) charge you per usage:
Frontend & backend hosting
Db hosting
Redis and workers are charged separately in most cases
The more your app grows the bigger the costs u incur
The more apps you have the higher the charges
VPS hosting:
You rent a server/ computer and it becomes your computer in the cloud
Costs start at $5-7/month to several hundred depending on the specs of your ideal remote computer
I’m renting a 2 vcpus, 4gb ram, 80gb ssd on Hetzner for $26/month
This means you can host your website, db (mongodb, Postgres, nosql, etc), redis, workers, multiple SaaS, and any other services you need at no additional cost.
> Freedom
A VPS gives you total control which i think is its selling point in the age of AI agents.
For example, besides hosting my SaaS and mongodb entirely on the vps, I’ve also installed Hermes in there.
It acts as my apps supervisor. It reads my db to uncover angles, data correlations, assess leads, create reports and send to telegram, and so much more
Yes, I’m fully aware you can do this on normal hosting but separately.
But the advantage here is it’s all happening in the same box that runs 24/7 uninterrupted
So many possibilities!
The only downside of a VPS is you have to handle everything yourself: security, deployment, servers, logging, monitoring dashboards, etc
Luckily, your favorite agent can help you set this up
I’m also down to help where I can, just shoot me a dm.