Batuhan Esirger
Co-Founder
Co-founder of Raff, focused on practical cloud infrastructure, product strategy, and helping small teams choose simpler hosting architectures.
94 articles published
Blog Posts(32)
Guides(45)
Separate App and Database Server: When Small Teams Should Split
Learn when to separate app and database servers for SaaS, compare managed vs self-hosted paths, and plan networking, recovery, cost, and migration.
Database Backup Strategy for SaaS Apps: Recovery Framework
Learn database backup strategy for SaaS apps using RPO, RTO, point-in-time recovery, restore testing, retention, and separate recovery layers for production.
App Uploads: VM Disk vs Object Storage for SaaS Teams
Learn when SaaS app uploads should stay on VM disk or move to object storage, with guidance on durability, security, scaling, migration, and Raff pricing.
Cloud VM vs App Platform: What Every Startup Needs to Know
Learn cloud VM vs app platform trade-offs for startups, including control, deployment speed, cost, scaling, storage, and when each model fits production.
Microsoft SPLA Explained: Hosted Windows VMs Guide
Understand Microsoft SPLA for hosted Windows VMs, how it differs from BYOL, and what to verify for Windows Server, RDS, SQL Server, and production use.
Infrastructure Readiness for Fundraising: Technical Diligence
Understand infrastructure readiness for fundraising across architecture, security, recovery, cloud cost, documentation, and technical diligence evidence.
Cloud Servers for Small Business: Workloads, Costs, and Fit
Understand cloud servers for small business, including workloads, costs, security, recovery, provider fit, and when SaaS or local servers are better.
Local Server vs Cloud Server: What SMBs Should Know
Understand local server vs cloud server trade-offs for small businesses across cost, remote access, security, recovery, maintenance, and migration planning.
MSP Backup Strategy: DR, Retention, and Restore Planning
Understand MSP backup strategy, disaster recovery, retention, restore testing, client expectations, and recovery ownership for managed infrastructure.
How Small Teams Use Raff API Keys for Automation
Learn how small teams use Raff API keys safely for infrastructure automation, CI/CD workflows, inventory checks, backups, and repeatable cloud operations.
Server Naming Convention: Tags, Ownership, and Cost Control
Learn a server naming convention that connects cloud VMs to owners, environments, costs, lifecycle rules, and automation without overloading names.
SaaS Gross Margin: Calculate Infrastructure Cost per Customer
Learn how SaaS gross margin connects revenue, COGS, cloud allocation, and infrastructure cost per customer for clearer pricing and unit economics decisions.
VPS Migration Checklist: Data, DNS, Cutover, and Rollback
Learn a VPS migration checklist for provider-to-provider moves, including data sync, DNS cutover, validation, rollback criteria, and safe source retirement.
One Database vs Multiple Databases for Small SaaS Teams
Learn when SaaS teams should use one database or multiple databases, including shared databases, database-per-service, isolation, scaling, and operational trade-offs.
SQL vs NoSQL for SaaS Apps: Relational, Document, and Key-Value Trade-Offs
Compare SQL vs NoSQL for SaaS apps across relational, document, and key-value models, transactions, queries, scaling, recovery, and ownership.
Shared Cluster vs Per-Client Cluster: Which MSP Model Scales Better?
Compare shared and per-client Kubernetes clusters for MSPs across isolation, admin access, upgrades, blast radius, cost allocation, operations, and service tiers.
Auto-Scaling VM Planning: Right-Size Before You Scale
Plan VM autoscaling with demand signals, capacity limits, warm-up, stabilization, readiness, safe scale-in, dependency guardrails, testing, and cost controls.
n8n Infrastructure Automation: Scaling Workflows in the Cloud
Decide where n8n fits in cloud infrastructure automation, when one instance is enough, and when queue mode, Redis, workers, and stronger operations are justified.
Secure Remote Access for MSPs: Bastion, VPN, or Zero Trust
Compare bastion, VPN, public administration, and zero-trust access for MSP technicians managing client servers, private networks, and infrastructure.
Private Cloud Networking for MSPs: Secure Client Isolation
Design private cloud networking for MSP client isolation with per-client boundaries, management access, firewall policy, CIDR planning, and offboarding controls.
VPS Free Trial vs Money-Back Guarantee: What Buyers Should Verify
Compare VPS free trials and money-back guarantees, including refund terms, trial credits, cancellation rules, and what buyers should verify before purchase.
When a VPS Is Not the Right Hosting Model
Learn when not to use a VPS, the main VPS limitations, and when shared hosting, an app platform, managed database, serverless, Kubernetes, dedicated hardware, or object storage fits better.
What Is a VPS Used For? Workloads You Can Host
Learn what a VPS is used for, which workloads fit virtual servers, and when websites, apps, databases, Docker, automation, or Windows need another hosting model.
VPS Bandwidth and Transfer Costs Explained
Understand VPS bandwidth, data transfer, egress fees, port speed, unmetered traffic, and how to estimate the real monthly network cost.
Best VPS Hosting Providers: How to Compare Your Options
Compare the best VPS hosting providers by performance, support, pricing, locations, backups, and lock-in using a transparent decision framework.
How to Choose a VPS Provider: A 10-Point Decision Framework
Learn how to choose a VPS provider with a 10-point framework for performance, support, pricing, backups, security, location, scalability, and lock-in.
How Much RAM Do I Need for a VPS?
Learn how much RAM a VPS needs for websites, WordPress, databases, Docker, Windows, and game servers, plus how to measure real usage and resize safely.
VPS Uptime SLA Explained: Credits, Exclusions, and What 99.9% Means
Learn what a VPS uptime SLA means, how 99.9% converts to downtime, and how credits, exclusions, measurement rules, and claim windows affect buyers.
VPS Benchmarking Guide: CPU, NVMe, Network, and Real-World Tests
Learn how to benchmark VPS CPU, NVMe storage, network, consistency, and price-performance without being misled by one synthetic score.
WordPress VPS Hosting: When It Beats Shared and Managed Hosting
Learn when WordPress VPS hosting beats shared and managed hosting, with a decision framework for traffic, control, WooCommerce, cost, and operations.
VPS Hosting Decision Guide: Choosing the Right Server
Learn how to choose VPS hosting by comparing control, management, sizing, operating systems, pricing, security, reliability, recovery, and growth requirements.
Redis Cache and Queue Strategy for SaaS Apps
Learn how SaaS teams should use Redis for cache, queues, sessions, rate limits, workers, and when to choose managed Redis on Raff.
Production VPS Checklist for SaaS Apps
Use this production VPS checklist to validate SaaS capacity, access, traffic paths, storage, backups, monitoring, restore testing, and scaling decisions before launch.
When Should a Small Business Move from Shared Hosting to a VPS?
Learn when a small business should move from shared hosting to a VPS, including performance, control, security, scaling, backups, and migration signs.
RDP VPS Pricing: What Actually Affects Cost?
Learn what affects RDP VPS pricing, including Windows licensing, CPU, RAM, storage, bandwidth, backups, users, RDS CALs, and support needs.
VPS for Databases: What Small Teams Should Know
Learn when VPS database hosting makes sense for small teams, with a decision framework for PostgreSQL, MySQL, backups, storage, security, performance, and cost.
VPS for Web Hosting: What Small Teams Should Know
Learn when VPS web hosting makes sense for small teams, with a decision framework for shared hosting, VPS hosting, managed hosting, cloud VMs, performance, security, and cost.
VPS vs AWS EC2: What Small Teams Should Know
Learn how to compare VPS hosting and AWS EC2 with a decision framework for pricing, billing, storage, bandwidth, networking, scaling, and team complexity.
Cheap VPS vs Reliable VPS: What Small Teams Should Know
Learn how to compare cheap VPS and reliable VPS hosting with a decision framework for workload risk, uptime, storage, bandwidth, backups, and support.
Best VPS Hosting for Developers and DevOps Teams
Learn how to choose the best VPS hosting for developers with a decision framework for apps, APIs, Docker, CI/CD, databases, and staging.
Cloud VPS vs Traditional VPS: What Developers Should Know
Understand cloud VPS vs traditional VPS hosting with a decision framework for control, scaling, storage, pricing, reliability, and developer workflows.
Office Server Replacement Guide: What SMBs Should Move First
Learn what small businesses should move first when replacing an office server, from websites and remote desktops to files, apps, and backups.
SaaS Subscription Audit for Small Businesses: When Self-Hosting Makes Sense
Learn when small businesses should keep SaaS, consolidate tools, or self-host selected apps on a cloud server for better cost and control.
When Small Businesses Need a VPS: 9 Practical Use Cases
Learn when a small business needs a VPS, with 9 practical use cases for websites, apps, remote desktops, databases, automation, and backups.
Developer Supply Chain Security: Protecting Cloud Servers
Learn developer supply chain security risks, from dependencies and CI/CD secrets to cloud server access, with a practical protection framework.
Comparisons(17)
DigitalOcean Kubernetes Alternative 2026: Pricing, Features & Operations
Considering DigitalOcean Kubernetes? Compare DOKS with Raff on worker pricing, HA, storage, egress, regions, and operations.
Supabase Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Supabase? Raff PostgreSQL starts at $7.99/mo with fixed resources, included operations, private networking, and optional HA.
Netlify Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Netlify? Raff Apps starts at $3/mo with $0 public egress, Docker Compose import, and fixed compute tiers.
DigitalOcean App Platform Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering DigitalOcean App Platform? Raff Apps starts at $3/mo with $0 public egress and persistent volumes.
Vercel Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Vercel? Raff starts at $3/mo with Docker Compose, $0 egress, no seat fee, and fixed app tiers.
Coolify Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Coolify? Raff Apps starts at $3/mo with managed infrastructure, $0 public egress, and no server maintenance.
Render Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Render? Raff starts at $3/mo with $0 egress, no seat fee, and a spend cap enabled by default.
Fly.io Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Fly.io? Raff Apps starts at $3/mo with $0 public egress, fixed ceilings, and Docker Compose import.
Raff Object Storage vs AWS S3: Pricing and Simplicity Compared (2026)
Compare Raff Object Storage and AWS S3 across pricing, egress, request fees, simplicity, scale, and developer fit to choose storage in 2026.
Netcup Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Netcup? Raff is $9.99/mo at 2 vCPU / 4 GB with no setup fee, 3 Gbps port, and unmetered bandwidth.
Raff vs Bluehost VPS: Developer Cloud or Hosting VPS? (2026)
Compare Raff and Bluehost VPS across pricing, bandwidth, support, storage, regions, and developer control to choose the right server in 2026.
Raff vs Kamatera: Custom Cloud Servers Compared (2026)
Compare Raff and Kamatera across custom cloud server pricing, bandwidth, regions, backups, and scaling. See which VPS fits your workload and budget in 2026.
AWS Lightsail Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering AWS Lightsail? Raff offers 2 vCPU, 4 GB and 80 GB for $13.99/mo with unmetered bandwidth and 3 backups.
Google Cloud Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Google Cloud? Raff offers 4 dedicated vCPU, 8 GB RAM and 120 GB NVMe for $49.99/mo with unmetered bandwidth.
UpCloud Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering UpCloud? Raff CPU-Optimized is $19.99/mo at 2 vCPU HiMem / 4 GB DDR5 / 80 GB NVMe SSD with unmetered 3 Gbps bandwidth. Raff is rated 4.5/5 on Trustpilot.
Hostinger Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Hostinger? Raff General Purpose is $9.99/mo at 2 vCPU HiMem / 4 GB DDR5 with unmetered bandwidth, 80 GB NVMe SSD, and no 24-month commitment. Raff is rated 4.5/5 on Trustpilot.
Linode Alternative 2026: Pricing, Performance & Features
Considering Linode? Raff offers 2 dedicated vCPU, 4 GB RAM and 80 GB NVMe for $27.99/mo with unmetered bandwidth.