Dan Tech costs $1,876 a month
CurrencyUpdated Feb 26, 2026 - Per month
- $1,876
Running costs plus living costs combined- Per year
- $22,512
What I have committed to spend this year- What I pay myself
- $0
All revenue goes back into content and infrastructure
Students buying this month16
−$292The shortfall comes from savings. That is why the site stays free and still has no ads.
Payment fees, affiliate commission and refunds are not deducted - so the real number is always above the break-even shown.
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Living & workspace$1,426
- Apartment rent (HCMC)One-bedroom, doubles as the office$500
- FoodHome cooking and local eateries$400
- Private HealthcarePrivate health cover, self-paid$150
- Coffee & snacksFuel for late-night coding$100
- Household helpCleaning and laundry$100
- TransportFuel, bike, parking$60
- Electricity & waterIncludes AC for the home office$60
- GymMonthly membership$40
- Internet (100Mbps fiber)Viettel fiber line$10
- Mobile data120GB plan per month$6
Infrastructure$68
- Supabase ProDatabase, auth, storage - 8GB, no pausing$25
- Vercel ProProduction hosting, serverless, analytics$20
- Resend Pro50,000 emails per month$20
- Domain dantech.academy.academy TLD - about $35 a year$3
- Upstash RedisFree tier - caching layerFree
- Google AnalyticsGA4 free tierFree
- Cloudflare DNSDNS management, free tierFree
Dev tools$220
- Claude MaxAI help for code and lesson drafting - tax included$220
- GitHubRepos and Actions CI/CD - free planFree
- VS Code + extensionsFree IDE and toolingFree
Hardware$162
- MacBook Pro M-seriesAbout $3,000 over 24 months$125
- AccessoriesKeyboard, mouse, cables$25
- External monitorAbout $280 over 24 months$12
Salary$0
- Dan - the person making itDoing it because I want to, unpaidFree
- Guest contributorsVolunteer community contributionsFree
Every course sold pays directly for the infrastructure you are using
No ads, no data selling, no sponsors. Just Mobile Action Pro - $99 once, refundable within 7 days.
Self-reported, rounded monthly - updated Feb 26, 2026. Converted at 1 USD = 26,250 VND.
