Compiler Explorer Cost Transparency — Matt Godbolt’s blog
Written with LLM assistance.Details at end.
I’ve been meaning to do this for ages - a proper breakdown of where all the Patreon, GitHub, Paypal, and commercial sponsorship money goes to keep Compiler Explorer running.
TL;DR: we’re spending about $3,100 per month (~$37,000 annually) to serve around 8 million backend compilations monthly. That works out to roughly $0.00039 per compilation - shockingly good value!
Taking April 2025 as an example, our costs are split 80% on AWS costs ($2,550) and 20...
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