Pricing running a graphql server on Workers vs Node.js

I am curious what's the cost difference is running a graphql server on workers Vs hosting yourself - eg via Node.js on something like CloudRun or AWS.

Any ideas how I could get some rough estimates on this?

simplenotezyOP•6/12/24, 4:03 PM

I've asked ChatGPT and this is it's response:

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#### Cloudflare Workers:

Requests: 100 million - 100,000 free = 99.9 million requests.
- 99.9 million requests / 1 million * $5 = $499.50
Data Transfer: Let's assume $0.10 per GB.

Total: $499.50 + $0.10 = $499.60

#### Google Cloud Run:

Requests: 100 million - 2 million free = 98 million requests.
- Requests cost: 98 million / 1 million * $0.40 = $39.20
Compute Time: 100ms per request * 100 million requests = 10 million seconds.
- Compute cost: 10 million / 3600 (hours) * $0.00002428 per vCPU second (assuming 1 vCPU) = $67.44
Memory Cost: Assuming 256MB memory per instance.
- Memory cost: 10 million seconds * 0.0000025 per GB-second (256MB is 0.25GB) = $25.00
Data Transfer: Assuming $0.12 per GB.

Total: $39.20 + $67.44 + $25.00 + $0.12 = $131.76

#### AWS Lambda:

Requests: 100 million - 1 million free = 99 million requests.
- 99 million / 1 million * $0.20 = $19.80
Compute Time: 100ms per request * 100 million requests = 10 million GB-seconds.
- Compute cost: 10 million GB-seconds - 400,000 GB-seconds free = 9.6 million GB-seconds.
- 9.6 million * $0.00001667 per GB-second = $160.83
Data Transfer: Assuming $0.09 per GB.

Total: $19.80 + $160.83 + $0.09 = $180.72

Percentage Comparison

We'll use the highest cost (Cloudflare Workers) as the reference point.

Cloudflare Workers: $499.60
Google Cloud Run: $131.76
AWS Lambda: $180.72

Highest cost is Cloudflare Workers: $499.60

Cloudflare Workers: ($499.60 / $499.60) * 100 = 100%
Google Cloud Run: ($131.76 / $499.60) * 100 ≈ 26.38%
AWS Lambda: ($180.72 / $499.60) * 100 ≈ 36.17%

### Summary

Cloudflare Workers: 100%
Google Cloud Run: 26.38%
AWS Lambda: 36.17%

Ssimplenotezy I am curious what's the cost difference is running a graphql server on workers V...

Chaika•6/12/24, 5:37 PM

too vague. What are you going to use to run a graphql server on workers? Workers are V8 Isolates, not nodejs or anything, and not containers, restricted environment

Chaika•6/12/24, 5:37 PM

#### Cloudflare Workers:

Requests: 100 million - 100,000 free = 99.9 million requests.
99.9 million requests / 1 million * $5 = $499.50
Data Transfer: Let's assume $0.10 per GB.

and this is all just wrong, I wouldn't ask Chatgpt about pricing stuff. Workers have no transfer fees, and are $0.30 per mil requests, not $5 + cpu time (which can vary)

Chaika•6/12/24, 5:38 PM

Workers Paid also gives you 10 mil requests for free, not 100k

simplenotezyOP•6/12/24, 6:32 PM

Interesting, thanks for the heads up.

Currently using this library:

https://github.com/kimyvgy/worker-apollo-server-template

GitHub

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