Even Strapi needs to be hosted somewhere, and that usually involves a recurring fee. I've had great success over the past 2 years building blogs using http://webiny.com, and because they get low traffic, I've only ever had 1 bill from AWS that was around 80 cents US. Source: about 4 years ago

Strapi is awesome, I've been a fan of the project since its early days. However, I've been closely watching Webiny too. It's easier to host because you don't have to worry about running Docker containers or installing MongoDB on your local machine. Instead you put it on your AWS account (can be done with a few clicks), define your content models once it's there and you then only pay for usage. http://webiny.com. Source: over 4 years ago

Yeah I hear you, SAAS CMS platforms can get prohibitively expensive really quickly after the initial free tier expires. I've found hosting Strapi (or similar) on Heroku has saved me the cost of keeping a server instance running, which usually would cost $5-10 per month. However, the most cost effective for me so far has been Webiny. It's serverless so you install it on AWS and typically don't pay as much (if... Source: over 4 years ago

Otherwise if you want a framework to build on, there's Redwood (which works particularly well on Netlify and Vercel) or Webiny (for AWS, Azure and others). - Source: dev.to / almost 5 years ago

We built this in Lovable. A few prompts that saved real time:. - Source: dev.to / 23 days ago

I built the site, called Insider Hawk, with Lovable. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

A solo founder using Bolt or Lovable can go from idea to working prototype in a weekend. Cursor handles multi-file refactoring on a production codebase. V0 generates polished UI components from a description. The founder who previously needed six months and $80,000 in savings or seed funding can now ship a testable product in two weeks for under $8,000 in tool costs. - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago

If you're building with Lovable and Supabase, there's a gotcha that will bite you eventually — and when it does, you'll wonder why nobody warned you. Consider this your warning. - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago

I've shipped over a dozen MVPs with Lovable over the past year at Inithouse. The builder handles UI, routing, and deployment beautifully — but SEO is not part of the default stack. Every single app I launched needed manual fixes before Google would index it properly. - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago