Tracking a 24/7 agent for 30 days: $6 VPS, $22 API, and uptime is the real leak
YamOk7317 · reddit · 2026-10-08
The author tracked a continuously running agent for 30 days: $6/month VPS, $22 in API costs, plus three 40-minute restarts all before coffee. The takeaway: the model was fine — uptime was the leak. A sleeping laptop costs $0 but finishes $0 of work, so the real question is what people actually pay for a box still alive on day 30.
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