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# SHEP Infrastructure Costs

<div class="subtitle">Monthly Snapshot — March 2026</div>

<div class="divider"></div>

## Infrastructure Breakdown

| Service | Category | Monthly Cost | Source |
|---------|----------|-------------|--------|
| Vercel (Pro + usage) | Hosting | $121.89 | Vercel invoice, Mar 18 |
| Neon PostgreSQL (via Vercel) | Database | $39.48 | Vercel marketplace, Mar 2 |
| GitHub (Pro + Actions) | Dev tools | $52.44 | GitHub billing, Mar (gross $82.94, included $30.50) |
| Anthropic (Claude Max) | AI | $208.00 | Fixed subscription + tax |
| Fastmail | Email | $12.00 | Post-trial rate |
| Greptile | Code review | $15.00 | PR reviewer |
| DigitalOcean | Infrastructure | $8.00 | Droplet/service |
| Sentry | Monitoring | $0.00 | Free tier |
| Cloudflare | CDN/DNS | $0.00 | Free tier |
| Domain (sheplegal.com) | Domain | $1.00 | ~$12/yr |
| **Total** | | **~$459** | |

## Cost by Category

| Category | Amount | % of Total |
|----------|--------|-----------|
| AI (Anthropic) | $208.00 | 46% |
| Hosting + Database (Vercel + Neon) | $161.37 | 35% |
| Dev Tools (GitHub + Greptile) | $67.00 | 15% |
| Infrastructure (DigitalOcean) | $8.00 | 2% |
| Communications (Fastmail) | $12.00 | 3% |
| Other (Domain) | $1.00 | <1% |

## Key Observations

**Anthropic is 46% of total spend.** Claude Max ($208/mo) is the single largest cost. This is currently the founder's personal subscription used for development. Once SHEP has real users, AI evaluation costs will shift to per-use API billing — a separate, usage-based line item.

**GitHub Actions is the hidden cost driver.** The sskit-v1 repository alone accounts for $70.72 in Actions usage this month. Build optimization or caching could reduce this significantly.

**Neon database costs are growing.** Neon billing through Vercel marketplace jumped from $1.14 (January) to $39.48 (February–March). Database costs will scale with user data volume.

**Vercel is variable.** Monthly invoices have ranged from $21.78 (January, base Pro plan) to $121.89 (March, with higher usage). Build minutes, function invocations, and compute are the variable components.

## Runway Analysis

| Scenario | Monthly Burn | Runway (from $5K investment) |
|----------|-------------|------------------------------|
| Current state | ~$456 | ~11 months |
| Reduced (optimize GH Actions, drop Cursor) | ~$400 | ~12.5 months |
| Growth (100 active users, API costs) | ~$550-650 | ~8-9 months |

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<p><strong>Backstop:</strong> Seward & Kissel return offer (September 2026) guarantees infrastructure costs are covered regardless of revenue timeline.</p>
</div>

## Historical Invoices (Vercel)

| Period | Amount | Notes |
|--------|--------|-------|
| January 2026 (Pro base) | $21.78 | Pro plan only |
| January 2026 (Neon) | $1.14 | Minimal DB usage |
| February 2026 | $50.51 | Usage increase |
| February–March (Neon) | $39.48 | DB growth |
| March 2026 | $121.89 | Peak month |
| April 2026 (estimated) | ~$21+ | 9 days in, $21.09 so far |