c2-saas

Case Study 2: Software as a Service

Sometimes SaaS isn't viable

• expensive
• lack of flexibility

Self-hosted alternatives:

• Elasticsearch or elasticlunr for indexing vs something like algolia
• VMs and a custom manager instead of app engine
• Hosted DBs on VMs instead of Firestore/Hosted DBs (something you should spend the most on since it is the most crucial)