Blog News Magazine — enterprise stack.
For each requirement below, pick the option that fits your build — recommended first, then free and cheaper alternatives — or skip what your project doesn't need. Tap the info icon next to any requirement to see why it matters.
Domain and DNS
Your human-readable address on the web plus the DNS records that point it at your servers. Skipping this is not an option — users need a domain to reach you.Pricing & free-tier limitsCloudflare Free: $0 - 1 domain, unlimited DNS, unmetered DDoS / Pro $20/mo - 20 domains, adv WAF, 20 page rules / Business $200/mo - 50 domains, 50 rules / Enterprise custom from $5k/mo incl 100% SLA / Route53 $0.50/hosted zone/mo + $0.40/M queries + $0.10/M geo queries / Namecheap: domain $6.98/yr .com + Free DNS, PremiumDNS $4.88/yr / DNSimple $6/mo 15 domains + $0.50/domain over
SSL/TLS
Encrypts traffic between your users and your servers. Without it browsers flag your site as insecure and you lose trust and search ranking.Pricing & free-tier limitsLet's Encrypt Free: $0 - 90-day certs, unlimited, auto-renew ACME / Cloudflare Universal $0 incl with proxy / ZeroSSL Free 3x 90-day certs / AWS ACM $0 for AWS resources (ELB/CloudFront) / DigiCert Standard OV $218/yr, EV $295/yr, Wildcard $600/yr / AWS ACM Private CA $400/mo per CA + $0.75/cert + OCSP
Web Hosting / Backend Hosting
Where your code actually runs and serves requests. Picking the right host affects speed, scaling, and how much ops work you do.Pricing & free-tier limitsVercel Hobby $0 - 100GB bw, 6000 Edge exec hrs, 100 deploys/day / Pro $20/seat/mo - 1TB bw incl, $40/100GB overage, $0.15/GB-hr over / Netlify Free 100GB bw, 300 build mins / Pro $19/seat/mo 1TB bw, $55/100GB over / Render Free 750 hrs/mo sleeps 15min / Standard $7/mo instance never sleeps, $25/mo 2GB RAM / Fly.io Free 3 shared-CPU VMs + 3GB vol / Paid ~$3.70/mo per shared VM + $0.15/GB vol + $0.02/GB egress / AWS Amplify Free 1000 build mins, 5GB, 750hrs / PAYG $0.20/hr build + $0.023/GB storage + $0.15/GB served / DigitalOcean App $5/mo basic instance
Cloud Platform
The underlying cloud account (AWS, GCP, Azure, or an all-in-one like Vercel+Supabase) that everything else is built on. Choose early — it is hard to change later.Pricing & free-tier limitsCombo: Vercel Free + Supabase Free (500MB DB, 1GB storage, 50k MAU) / Supabase Pro $25/mo - 8GB DB, 100GB bw, 100k MAU, $0.125/GB DB over, $0.09/GB egress / DigitalOcean App $5-12/mo + Managed DB $15/mo 1GB RAM / Fly.io as above + volume / AWS Amplify PAYG + RDS db.t3.micro ~$12.50/mo + S3 $0.023/GB / Vercel Enterprise custom $2k+/mo, Supabase Team $599/mo SOC2, AWS Business Support $100/mo or 10% bill
Database (for articles & authors)
Persistent storage for your app’s data — users, products, orders. The single most important architectural decision for most projects.Pricing & free-tier limitsSupabase Free: $0 - 500MB DB, 1GB storage, 50k MAU, 2 projects pause after 1w idle / Pro $25/mo - 8GB DB, 100GB bw, 100k MAU, $0.125/GB DB over, $0.09/GB egress, daily backups 7d / Team $599/mo SOC2 14d PITR / Neon Free: 0.5GB storage, 10 branches, 100 hrs compute / Launch $19/mo 10GB, 300 hrs / Scale $69/mo 50GB, 750 hrs / AWS RDS db.t3.micro $0.017/hr ~$12.50/mo + storage $0.115/GB-mo + backup $0.095/GB-mo / Aurora Serverless v2 0.5 ACU min $0.12/ACU/hr ~$43/mo + storage $0.10/GB-mo + I/O $0.20/M
File and Object Storage / Image and Media Storage
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsSupabase Storage Free 1GB, 2GB egress / Pro inc 100GB + 50GB egress, $0.021/GB storage over, $0.09/GB egress over / Cloudinary Free 25 credits = 25k transforms or 25GB storage/bw / Plus $89/mo 30k credits $0.30/1k over / S3 Standard $0.023/GB-mo first 50TB + $0.09/GB egress + $0.005/1k PUT / R2 Free 10GB storage, 10M Class A ops / Paid $0.015/GB-mo + $0.36/M Class A, $0 egress / Backblaze B2 $0.006/GB-mo + $0.01/GB egress, 1TB free daily via Cloudflare
Authentication and Identity (Enterprise SSO/SCIM editorial)
How users sign up, log in, and are authorized. Getting roles and access control right early prevents painful rewrites.Pricing & free-tier limitsOkta Workforce Starter $2/user/mo, $8/user/mo MFA+lifecycle / Enterprise $18/user/mo / Auth0 Enterprise $800/mo min 1k MAU $0.07/MAU over / Clerk Enterprise custom $500+/mo + $0.05/MAU over / Azure AD B2C Free 50k MAU then $0.003/MAU / WorkOS AuthKit Free 1M MAU, SSO $125/mo per org / CyberArk Identity $4/user/mo
Headless CMS API (Enterprise publishing)
Manages the content and assets you publish without editing code. Essential for sites with frequent updates.Pricing & free-tier limitsContentful Enterprise custom $15k/mo min 5M API calls, $0.50/1k over / Sanity Enterprise $15k/mo min + $0.30/GB assets + $0.09/GB egress / Strapi Cloud Pro $99/mo 500k req $0.05/1k over / Hygraph Enterprise $1200/mo+ / Contentful Scale $879/mo 5M calls / Sanity Growth $15/seat + $20k req $15/100k over
Transactional Email API / Newsletter Enterprise
Sending transactional email (receipts, resets, alerts) and sometimes marketing mail. Deliverability matters more than features here.Pricing & free-tier limitsResend Free 3k/mo + 100/day 1 domain / Pro $20/mo 50k emails $0.80/1k over / Scale $85/mo 100k $0.70/1k over Enterprise custom / SendGrid Free 100/day forever / Essentials $19.95/mo 50k $0.40/1k over / Pro $89.95/mo 100k / Brevo Free 300/day unlimited contacts / Starter $25/mo 20k emails / Mailgun Free 1k 5-day trial 100/day / Foundation $15/mo 10k $1/1k over / AWS SES $0.10/1k emails + $0.12/GB attach / Postmark Free 100/mo / $15/mo 10k $1.80/1k over
Source-code Repository
Where your source code lives and is collaborated on. Non-negotiable for any team or serious project.Pricing & free-tier limitsGitHub Free unlimited public/private repos 2000 Actions mins/mo 500MB packages / Team $4/user/mo 3000 mins 2GB storage / Enterprise Cloud $21/user/mo 50k mins SAML audit / GitLab Free 400 CI mins/mo / Premium $29/user/mo 10k mins / Ultimate $99/user/mo 50k mins + security / Bitbucket Free 3 users / Standard $3.30/user/mo
CI/CD and Deployment Automation
Automates testing and deploying your code. Saves enormous time and prevents “works on my machine” releases.Pricing & free-tier limitsGitHub Actions Free 2000 mins Linux 500MB storage / Team 3000 mins / Enterprise 50k mins + Linux $0.008/min $0.0075/day per GB storage / Vercel auto-deploy incl with hosting / Pro 6000 exec hrs / Netlify build Free 300 mins / Pro 1000 mins $19/seat/mo extra 500 mins $7 / Render Auto-Deploy Free incl / CircleCI Free 6k credits/week 30k/mo / Performance $15/mo 30k credits $0.008/credit over / Harness Free 100 builds / Cloud $100/dev/mo / Enterprise custom $50k/yr+ / Jenkins OSS Free + infra $5/mo server
Database Backups
Persistent storage for your app’s data — users, products, orders. The single most important architectural decision for most projects.Pricing & free-tier limitsManual pg_dump $0 + local storage / Supabase Free daily backup 2d retain / Pro daily 7d PITR $0 incl / Team 14d PITR / Enterprise 30d + cross-region / Neon Free PITR 24h / Launch 7d $19/mo / Scale 30d $69/mo / Pro PITR 90d configurable / AWS RDS Automated Free up to 100% DB storage 7d retain incl / 30d extend $0 / Snapshot $0.095/GB-mo + Aurora Backtrack $0.012/10k ACU-hrs / S3 cross-region backup $0.023/GB-mo + Object Lock WORM no extra fee
CDN and Edge Delivery
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsCloudflare Free CDN unlimited bw on CF net 3 page rules / Pro $20/mo 20 rules WAF / Business $200/mo 50 rules 100% uptime / Enterprise custom $5k+/mo 250 rules SLA / AWS CloudFront $0.085/GB first 10TB egress + $0.01/10k HTTPS req / BunnyCDN $0.01/GB NA/EU min $1/mo + storage $0.02/GB / Fastly Free 100GB then $0.12-0.28/GB + $0.0075/10k req min $100/mo Growth / Akamai custom ~$0.12/GB min $2500/mo / Netlify Edge included with hosting 100GB free Pro 1TB
Image Optimization Service
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsVercel Image Opt Hobby 1k transforms/mo free / Pro $20/seat + 5k incl $8/1k after / Next.js on CF self $0 / Cloudflare Images $5/100k images stored + $1/100k delivered, transformations $0.50/100k / Cloudinary Free 25 credits ~25k transfo / Plus $89/mo 30k credits $0.30/1k extra / Imgix Free 1k masters / Starter $75/mo 10k masters $3/1k over bw $0.08/GB / Bunny Optimizer $9.5/mo 20M ops + $0.01/GB / Sanity CDN incl with plan 200k req Free Growth 500k
Secrets Management / Environment Management (Enterprise)
Stores API keys and credentials safely, separate from your code. Leaking secrets is one of the most common breaches.Pricing & free-tier limitsVercel Env Vars Free incl per project 100 vars / Doppler Free 5 users 100 secrets 2 envs / Team $10/user/mo 5000 secrets unlimited envs audit logs + rollback / Enterprise $25/user/mo SAML SCIM / Infisical Cloud Free 10k secrets / Pro $25/mo org 10k secrets perms + audit / AWS Secrets Manager $0.40/secret/mo + $0.05/10k API calls / HCP Vault $0.055/hr ~$40/mo + storage / Vault Enterprise $1.5k/mo+ / Akeyless Free 100 secrets / Pro $20/mo 1000 secrets
Staging Environment / Preview Deploys
Stores API keys and credentials safely, separate from your code. Leaking secrets is one of the most common breaches.Pricing & free-tier limitsVercel Preview Hobby Free 100 deploys/day unlimited reviewers comments / Pro $20/seat 1TB bw shared / Enterprise custom unlimited audit + password protect / Netlify Deploy Previews Free 100GB bw / Pro 1TB incl / Render Preview Envs Free with PR + new service $7/mo Standard instance / Fly.io Preview Apps $3.70/VM ephemeral / Env0 Free 100 hrs/mo / $30/mo 1000 hrs / ReleaseHub $250/mo 5 envs + $45/env over / GitHub Codespaces Free 15GB-hr/mo / Pro $0.18/hr 4-core + storage $0.07/GB-mo
Monitoring / Error Tracking / Log Management
Tells you when things break and why. You cannot fix what you cannot see — this is how you keep downtime short.Pricing & free-tier limitsSentry Developer Free 5k errors/mo 10k replays 1k perf trans 1 project / Team $26/mo 50k errors $0.0006/error over 50k replays $0.00015 over / Business $80/mo 200k errors / Enterprise $500+ / Datadog APM Pro $24.50/host/mo logs $0.10/GB ingest custom metrics $0.05/100 / Infra $15/host/mo / Better Stack (Logtail) Free 30GB logs 3d retain / Pro $250/mo 200GB 30d / New Relic Free 100GB ingest/mo Standard $0.30/GB over + $49/user/mo / Honeycomb Free 20M events/mo Pro $100/mo 500M $0.001/1k over / LogRocket Free 1k sessions/mo Pro $99/mo 10k sessions
Search Infrastructure (article search)
Lets users find things fast. A slow or missing search directly costs engagement and conversions.Pricing & free-tier limitsAlgolia Free 10k records 10k searches/mo / Growth $1/mo per 1k records beyond + $0.50/1k searches min ~$30/mo / Premium $0.90/1k records SLA / Enterprise from $3k/mo / Typesense Self-hosted $0 + $5/mo server 1GB / Cloud Free trial 500k docs / $14/mo 500k docs 100k searches / Pro $50/mo 5M docs / Meilisearch Cloud Free 10k docs 100k searches / $30/mo 1M docs 2M searches / Elasticsearch Service $16/mo 1GB RAM 10GB storage $95/mo 8GB / OpenSearch AWS $0.04/hr t3.small.search ~$29/mo
Newsletter / Email Marketing API + Personalization
Sending transactional email (receipts, resets, alerts) and sometimes marketing mail. Deliverability matters more than features here.Pricing & free-tier limitsMailchimp Free 500 contacts 1000 emails/mo / Essentials $13/mo 500 contacts: 1500 $20/mo, 5000 $60/mo, 10k $115/mo + $0.01/contact over / Standard $20/mo 500 $0.015/contact / Premium $350/mo 10k contacts / Brevo Free 300/day unlimited contacts / Starter $25/mo 20k emails $0 / Pro $65/mo 40k + landing / Customer.io Free 200 profiles / Essentials $200/mo 5k $0.02/profile over / Braze Growth $500/mo 10k MAU / Kit (ConvertKit) Free 1k subs / Creator $29/mo 1k subs $0.02/sub over
Caching (Redis) for article & edge cache
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsUpstash Free 10k cmds/day 256MB storage serverless REST / Pay-as-you-go $0.20/100k cmds + $0.25/100MB storage over / Pro $25/mo 500k cmds/day 1GB / AWS ElastiCache Serverless $0.125/GB-hr min ~$90/mo 1GB + ECPU $0.12/M / ElastiCache t3.micro $12/mo 1 node + storage / Redis Cloud Essentials Free 30MB / $5/mo 100MB $0.25/GB xfer / Essentials $14/mo 250MB / Pro $100/mo 5GB+ / Momento Cache Free 5GB data xfer 50M req/mo $0+ / Paid $0.50/GB xfer + $0.15/M ops
Background Jobs / Scheduled Jobs / Queue (publishing schedule)
Runs slow work (emails, exports, payouts) in the background so users don’t wait. Keeps your app snappy.Pricing & free-tier limitsQStash Free 500 deliveries/day / Pro $10/mo 20k + $0.50/10k over / Upstash Workflow Free incl with Redis 10k cmds/day / Inngest Free 100k step runs 1k conc / Pro $20/mo 500k runs $0.001/run over / AWS SQS Free 1M req/mo then $0.40/M + $0.09/GB xfer / FIFO adds same / Sidekiq Pro $199/yr 1-time 10% / Enterprise $899/yr / BullMQ OSS Free + hosting $5/mo / Trigger.dev Free 5k runs / Scale $29/mo 50k runs + $0.01/run over / Temporal Cloud Free 5k actions/day / Pro $500/mo 100k actions
Webhooks Infrastructure (CMS publishing webhooks)
Manages the content and assets you publish without editing code. Essential for sites with frequent updates.Pricing & free-tier limitsSvix Free 50 msgs/day 1 app 7d retain / Starter $29/mo 50 apps 10k msgs/day $0.01/100 over + SSO / Business $199/mo 1000 apps 100k msgs/day / Enterprise $499+/mo custom + immutable logs / Hookdeck Free 100 events/day 7d retain / Basic $22/mo 10k/day 30d retain $0.06/1k over / Growth $99/mo 100k/day / AWS EventBridge Free 1M custom events + $1/M over + $0.20/M API dest invocations / WorkOS Events Free 100k/mo / Pro $300/mo 1M
API Gateway and Rate Limiting + WAF
Controls and protects your APIs — quotas, abuse prevention, and firewalls. Important once you have real traffic or many clients.Pricing & free-tier limitsCloudflare Free Rate Limiting 1 rule 120s period / Pro 2 rules $20/mo WAF incl / Business unlimited $200/mo custom / Enterprise custom $5k+/mo / AWS API Gateway REST $3.50/M req + $0.09/GB out / HTTP API $1/M + egress / WAF $5/mo per ACL + $1/rule/mo + $0.60/M req inspected + Bot Control $10/mo + $1/M / Kong Gateway OSS Free / Konnect Free 5M req-mo / Plus $25/mo 6.5M + $3/M over / Akamai API Gateway custom min $2500/mo / Zuplo Free 100k req/mo / Pro $200/mo 1M + $1/M over
Bot Protection and CAPTCHA (comments, paywall)
Stops bots, scrapers, and spam signups from abusing your service and inflating costs.Pricing & free-tier limitsCloudflare Turnstile Free unlimited privacy-friendly CAPTCHA alternative / Enterprise Bot Management $20k+/yr machine learning + fingerprinting / hCaptcha Free 100k req/mo 250 req burst / Pro $199/mo 1M req Enterprise SSO + $0.0001/check over / Enterprise $1000/mo+ / Arkose Labs Enterprise $1k+/mo custom per risk assessment + $0.002/verification over / Kasada Enterprise custom $6k/mo min / DataDome Enterprise custom $3k+/mo + $0.50/1k req over / Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise $8/1k assessments after 10k free/mo
Paywall / Subscription Management API (Enterprise premium)
A piece of your stack you may or may not need, depending on scope. Pick the option that fits — or skip it if your project doesn’t require this capability yet.Pricing & free-tier limitsPiano Enterprise $3k/mo base + 5-10% rev share / Zephr Enterprise $2k/mo base + MAU tier $0.05/MAU over / Poool Enterprise $1.5k/mo base + $0.03/paywall view over 500k / Zuora Growth $600/mo base + $0.25/sub + 0.5% rev / Chargebee Growth $599/mo 600 subs + scale $0.5/sub over + 0.75% rev / Stripe Billing 0.5% recurring revenue + txn 2.9%+30c + customer portal $0 / Recurly Scale $399/mo + 0.9% rev + $0.15/txn
Push Notification API (breaking news Enterprise)
Reaches users on their phone via SMS or push. Useful for verification codes and re-engagement; watch the per-message cost.Pricing & free-tier limitsOneSignal Enterprise custom $500+/mo incl 500k subs, $0.002/sub over, SLA / Pro $99/mo 50k subs $0.003/sub over / Growth $9/mo 10k subs / Free 10k subs unlimited notifs / Firebase FCM Free unlimited + Function compute $0.40/M + Firestore if needed $0.18/GB / Braze Enterprise custom $50k/yr+ with Push + SMS + Email + $0.01/MAU over / Airship Enterprise $2k/mo 500k pushes + $0.80/1k over / Ably Push Free 1M msgs/mo Pro $30/mo 5M + $6/M over / Pusher Beams Free 10k subs / $29/mo 10k subs 1M pushes $1/1M over
Ad Server API (magazine monetization Enterprise)
Where your code actually runs and serves requests. Picking the right host affects speed, scaling, and how much ops work you do.Pricing & free-tier limitsGoogle Ad Manager 360 $3k-15k/mo min enterprise 100% rev no ad share limit 90M+ impressions / Prebid Enterprise hosted via AppNexus $2k/mo min + rev share 3% / Kevel Enterprise $2000/mo min 5M calls $0.20/CPM over / Magnite Enterprise $5k/mo min + 15% rev share / FreeWheel Enterprise custom 20% rev share + $10k/mo platform / AdButler Enterprise $199/mo 5M imp + $0.10/CPM over
Security Scanning / Vulnerability Monitoring
Tells you when things break and why. You cannot fix what you cannot see — this is how you keep downtime short.Pricing & free-tier limitsSnyk Free 200 tests/mo 1 integ / Team $25/dev/mo 500 tests SCA container IaC + $0.05/extra test / Enterprise $98/dev/mo SLA gov / Trivy OSS Free / Aqua Free 1 scanner / Wiz Standard $7k/mo 100 workloads + $20/workload over / Enterprise $20k+/mo incl CSPM + Cnapp / Prisma Cloud Enterprise $800/mo compute + $0.20/svcl hr + $0.10/container scan / Dependabot Free with GH / Socket.dev Free 2k npm scans/mo Pro $18/dev/mo unlimited / GuardDuty AWS $1/M events analyzed after free tier
Privacy and Consent Tools (GDPR/CCPA) + Audit Logs
Keeps you secure and compliant with regulations. Required for enterprise customers and handling sensitive data.Pricing & free-tier limitsOneTrust Growth $199/mo 1 domain 100k pv / Enterprise $15k/yr+ 10 domains 1M pv $0.05/1k over + DSAR $5k/yr / TrustArc Enterprise $25k/yr + / BigID Enterprise $50k/yr min discovery + classification / Securiti Enterprise $30k/yr+ AI governance / Termly Pro Starter $14/mo 10k pv Business $30/mo 50k Custom $60/mo 200k / CookieYes Free 25 pages 1 domain / Pro $9.24/mo 100 pages custom banner + $0.06/1k pv over / WorkOS Audit Logs Free 10k events/mo Pro $150/mo + $0.001/event over Enterprise immutable WORM add $0.02/GB / Transcend Growth $500/mo 10k DSRs
Commenting System API + Content Moderation + Customer Support
Understands your users and supports them. Drives product decisions and retention.Pricing & free-tier limitsDisqus Basic Free ad-supported + moderation / Plus $19/mo 1M pv ad-free / Pro $149/mo 5M pv + SSO lead gen / Enterprise custom $1.5k/mo 20M pv + SLA / Coral OSS Free self-host $5/mo server / Hosted Core $25/mo 10k comments Enterprise $3k+/mo dedicated + AI mod / Viafoura Growth $499/mo 500k pv Enterprise $2k+ + mods AI / Hive Moderation Free 5k AI calls/mo Visual 0.1M / Scale $199/mo 100k calls $1.50/1k over / Perspective API Free 10k req/day $0 / Intercom Essential $39/seat/mo + $74/mo platform / Help Scout $22/user/mo
Multi-region Data & Storage (Aurora Global + S3 CRR)
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsAurora Global $0.12 ACU/hr primary + $0.12 secondary + storage $0.10/GB-mo + cross-region xfer $0.02/GB + I/O $0.20/M req / Single region $43/mo min / S3 CRR $0.023/GB-mo primary + dest same + replication $0.015/1000 req + xfer $0.02/GB / CockroachDB Dedicated Global $0.60/hr/region min 3 nodes ~$1290/mo / S3 Multi-Region Access Points $0.15/M req routing + regular storage
Multi-region Deployment / Active-Active Architecture
Automates testing and deploying your code. Saves enormous time and prevents “works on my machine” releases.Pricing & free-tier limitsVercel Enterprise Multi-Region auto, custom $2k-20k/mo incl multi-region edge func $0.0005/GB-hr over / Fly.io Multi-Region $3.70/VM/mo + volume $0.15/GB-mo + transfer $0.02/GB Anycast incl / AWS EKS $0.10/hr/cluster = $72/mo per cluster x2 regions $144/mo + Fargate $0.04/vCPU/hr + $0.004/GB/hr ~$35/mo per 0.25vCPU 0.5GB + ALB $0.0225/hr + inter-region NLB $0.035/GB / Global Accelerator $0.025/hr + $0.015/GB
Enterprise Authentication + Fine-grained ABAC (editorial workflow)
How users sign up, log in, and are authorized. Getting roles and access control right early prevents painful rewrites.Pricing & free-tier limitsOkta Identity Governance $8/user/mo + Lifecycle $4 + Adaptive MFA $6 = $18/user/mo bundled / Auth0 Enterprise from $800/mo min 1k MAU, $0.07/MAU over, SAML enterprise + SCIM / WorkOS Directory Sync $125/mo per org + SSO $125/mo per org + Audit Logs $150/mo + $0.001/event + FGA $0.50/1k evaluations / Styra DAS Enterprise $5k/mo base + $300/hr evals / CyberArk Identity $4/user/mo + $200/mo PAM base
Admin Access PAM + Audit Logs Immutable (WORM) + SIEM
Keeps you secure and compliant with regulations. Required for enterprise customers and handling sensitive data.Pricing & free-tier limitsTeleport Community Free self-hosted unlimited nodes, 1yr audit 1GB / Enterprise Cloud $20/resource/hr + $12/user/mo min $500/mo / StrongDM Free 5 users 1d logs / Growth $100/user/mo 30d logs / Splunk Cloud $150/GB/day ingest + $0.22/GB-mo retention / S3 Object Lock WORM $0.023/GB-mo + immutable / CloudTrail Lake $2.50/100k events after free Mgmt events + $0.75/GB-mo storage / WorkOS Audit Logs Enterprise custom $0.50/1k logs + WORM via S3 Glacier $0.004/GB-mo
Secrets Management Enterprise + SIEM Logging
Keeps you secure and compliant with regulations. Required for enterprise customers and handling sensitive data.Pricing & free-tier limitsHashiCorp Vault Enterprise self-managed $1.59/hr/node ~$1160/mo + license / HCP Vault Enterprise $0.30/hr cluster ~$219/mo + $0.03/10k ops / AWS CloudHSM $1.45/hr/HSM ~$1050/mo / AWS Secrets Manager $0.40/secret/mo + $0.05/10k API calls / Sumo Logic Team $3.99/GB ingest + SIEM $2.50/GB + $0.75/GB-mo retention / Splunk Cloud $150/GB/day ingest + $0.22/GB-mo retention + $15/user/mo
Security Operations + Compliance (SOC2, GDPR, ISO27001)
Keeps you secure and compliant with regulations. Required for enterprise customers and handling sensitive data.Pricing & free-tier limitsDrata Autopilot Starter $12k/yr (100 employees), Growth $20k/yr 25 controls, Scale $35k/yr / Vanta $10k/yr Starter 25 controls + $20/employee/mo over 25 / Wiz Standard $7k/mo 100 workloads + $20/workload over / Enterprise $20k+/mo + Compliance $5k/mo / SOC2 audit $15k-30k one-time / ISO27001 $20k-40k auditor / Pen test Cobalt.io $5k-20k per test / Legal hold eDiscovery $30/user/mo (Exchange P2)
CMS Enterprise + DAM Enterprise + Paywall Enterprise
Manages the content and assets you publish without editing code. Essential for sites with frequent updates.Pricing & free-tier limitsContentful Enterprise custom ~$15k/mo min incl 5M API calls, $0.50/1k over / Sanity Enterprise $15k/mo min + assets $0.30/GB + $0.09/GB egress / Bynder DAM $1.8k/mo starter 3 users + $500/mo per 10 extra users, unlimited storage / Cloudinary Enterprise $1500/mo min 500k credits, $0.40/1k over / Piano Enterprise $3k/mo base + 5-10% rev share / Zephr Enterprise $2k/mo base + MAU tier overage
Enterprise Search + Personalization + Uptime Enterprise
Tells you when things break and why. You cannot fix what you cannot see — this is how you keep downtime short.Pricing & free-tier limitsAlgolia Enterprise custom from $3k/mo incl 1M searches + 500k records, $1.20/1k searches over, $0.60/1k records over / Coveo Enterprise from $50k/yr + $0.10/doc-mo / Dynamic Yield Enterprise $100k/yr min / Optimizely Personalization $72k/yr / Catchpoint Enterprise $1.2k/mo per node + $0.25/check over / ThousandEyes Enterprise $300/mo per agent ($200k/yr suite) / Statuspage Enterprise $279/mo 500 subs + $0.05/sub over / PagerDuty Enterprise $41/user/mo + Incident.io $49/user/mo
How this enterprise blog news magazine checklist works.
Each requirement below is something a enterprise blog news magazine build typically needs. Pick one of the four researched options — recommended, free, cheaper or paid — add your own with "Other", or skip the requirement if your project doesn't need it. Nothing is mandatory; the plan on the right tracks what you've decided so nothing gets forgotten.
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