Costs: Price of a Personal Site on the Smallweb

PrefaceAfter reading a few posts from fellow bloggers about how much it costs them to run their site, I am intrigued as to how much I am actually paying for this passion project of mine! Check out the last section for more examples. Note The requirements for hosting a personal site and a commercial one is vastly different. Everything mentioned on this page applies to the former. There’s also a multitude of ways to host a blog, and everyone’s tech stack is different, so keep that in mind. Lastly, the currency conversion is only a rough estimation. Costs with a ? means I forgot how much I paid for it and ~ means approximate. OverviewItems listed below include the how I create content for BurgeonLab, my main site, and two of my other sites which are relatively inactive as of Q3 2026. Hardware CapitalMost of these are not exclusively used for blogging. Any computer will do if you want to start a site! Item Cost ($HKD) ~ $USD Raspberry Pi 4B (8GB) w/ power supply 710 90 UGREEN 2.5" SATA…