Track 3: Solana Phone / Web3 — Cloud Cost Estimate (2x Safety Buffer)
Phase: Production (alongside Track 1+2 infrastructure)
Blockchain: Solana (mainnet-beta)
Note: All estimates include 2x safety margin for budget planning.
Additional Monthly Costs (on top of Track 1+2 infrastructure)
| Component |
Monthly |
Notes |
| Solana RPC (Helius/QuickNode) |
$0-98 |
Free tier: 500K req/day. Paid at scale |
| Compressed NFT minting |
<$20 |
<$0.01 per mint. 1000 mints = $20 |
| Merkle tree creation (one-time) |
$100 |
One-time cost for Bubblegum tree |
| SOL for transaction fees |
$10-40 |
Gas fees for mints + transfers |
| NFT metadata storage (Arweave/IPFS) |
$2-10 |
Permanent storage for badge images/metadata |
| Additional Lambda (Solana webhooks) |
$2-6 |
Transaction monitoring |
| Monthly Total |
$14-174/mo |
2x safety buffer applied |
| One-time Setup |
~$100 |
Merkle tree creation |
Cost Scaling
| Users |
Mints/mo |
RPC Calls/mo |
Est. Cost |
| 100 |
~200 |
~100K |
$14-30/mo |
| 1,000 |
~2,000 |
~1M |
$40-100/mo |
| 10,000 |
~20,000 |
~10M |
$100-300/mo |
Notes
- Compressed NFTs via Bubblegum are 100-1000x cheaper than regular NFTs
- SOL price volatility affects gas costs (estimates assume SOL ~$100-200)
- Free RPC tiers sufficient for <1000 users
- Health-to-earn token costs depend on tokenomics design (Phase D)
- No additional AWS infrastructure needed — uses existing backend