Cara Hemat Biaya Deploy di Helipod: Tips & Strategi

CPU:    $0.20/vCPU/day (125m increments)
RAM:    $0.25/GB/day (128MB increments)
Storage: $0.004/GB/day (1GB pertama gratis)
Custom Domain: $0.006/domain/day

Aplikasi kecil:
- CPU: 125m = $0.20/day = $6/month
- RAM: 128MB = $0.03/day = $1/month
- Storage: 1GB = Gratis
- Total: ~$7/month

Aplikasi menengah:
- CPU: 500m = $0.80/day = $24/month
- RAM: 1GB = $0.25/day = $7.5/month
- Storage: 5GB = $0.02/day = $0.6/month
- Total: ~$32/month

✅ *.helipod.app domain
✅ Pod-to-pod networking
✅ 1GB storage
✅ Tidak perlu kartu kredit
✅ Balance tidak expire

Saat development:
- Gunakan free tier sepenuhnya
- Manfaatkan *.helipod.app domain
- Simpan data di free storage

Saat production:
- Upgrade sesuai kebutuhan
- Jangan over-provision

# ❌ Over-provisioned
services:
  app:
    cpu: 2000m
    memory: 4GB

# ✅ Optimized
services:
  app:
    cpu: 250m
    memory: 256MB

# Autoscaling berdasarkan load
autoscaling:
  minReplicas: 1
  maxReplicas: 3
  cpuThreshold: 70

Drone (125m/128MB):    ~$7/month  → Cocok untuk MVP
Hummingbird (250m/256MB): ~$14/month → Cocok untuk small app
Falcon (500m/512MB):   ~$28/month → Cocok untuk medium app
Eagle (1vCPU/1GB):     ~$55/month → Cocok untuk large app

# ❌ Storage berlebihan
storage:
  size: 100GB

# ✅ Storage optimal
storage:
  size: 10GB

-- ❌ Query yang tidak efisien
SELECT * FROM users WHERE status = 'active';

-- ✅ Query yang efisien
SELECT id, name, email FROM users 
WHERE status = 'active' 
LIMIT 100;

// Cache untuk mengurangi database calls
const cached = await redis.get('products');
if (cached) {
  return JSON.parse(cached);
}

// Fetch dari database
const products = await db.query('SELECT * FROM products');
await redis.set('products', JSON.stringify(products), { EX: 300 });

# Gunakan image optimization
- Gunakan WebP untuk gambar
- Kompres JavaScript/CSS
- Gunakan gzip/brotli compression

Di Helipod Dashboard:
├── CPU Usage: 45%
├── Memory Usage: 60%
├── Storage: 2.3GB / 10GB
└── Cost Estimate: $12.50/month

# GitHub Actions
# ❌ Build setiap push
on: push

# ✅ Build hanya saat PR merge
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

Free Tier:
- 1 project
- 100MB storage
- 1000 API calls/day

Pro Tier ($19/month):
- Unlimited projects
- 10GB storage
- 100,000 API calls/day

Enterprise ($49/month):
- Custom limits
- Dedicated support
- SLA guarantee

Base price: $9/month
+ $0.01 per 1000 API calls
+ $0.10 per GB storage
+ $0.05 per email sent

// Hitung biaya bulanan
function calculateCost(config) {
  const cpuCost = (config.cpu / 1000) * 0.20 * 30;
  const ramCost = (config.ram / 1024) * 0.25 * 30;
  const storageCost = Math.max(0, config.storage - 1) * 0.004 * 30;
  const domainCost = config.domains * 0.006 * 30;
  
  return {
    cpu: cpuCost,
    ram: ramCost,
    storage: storageCost,
    domain: domainCost,
    total: cpuCost + ramCost + storageCost + domainCost
  };
}

// Contoh penggunaan
const cost = calculateCost({
  cpu: 250,      // 250m CPU
  ram: 256,      // 256MB RAM
  storage: 5,    // 5GB storage
  domains: 1     // 1 custom domain
});

console.log(`Biaya bulanan: $${cost.total.toFixed(2)}`);

Helipod vs Kompetitor:

Aplikasi kecil (125m/128MB):
- Helipod: $7/month
- Railway: $5/month
- Render: $7/month
- Vercel: $0 (static only)

Aplikasi menengah (500m/512MB):
- Helipod: $32/month
- Railway: $20/month
- Render: $25/month
- Vercel: $20/month

Aplikasi besar (2vCPU/4GB):
- Helipod: $110/month
- Railway: $80/month
- Render: $85/month
- Vercel: $150/month