URS NetworkCost to benefit, by the numbers.
URS Network stores no large-media “network storage.” The data is text and relational — a static front end, a Postgres backend, and per-request serverless workers — so the cost to serve a member is minimal, and stays minimal at scale.
Validated bottom-up against current Supabase pricing. Today the live system — 6 members, a 32 MB database (mostly fixed PostGIS and system overhead) — runs on the Supabase Pro plan at about $25 / month, essentially flat. Membership revenue is $2.99 per member / month (annual plan $29.99/yr).
Supabase Pro, 6 members
per member / month
per member / month
share of revenue
At scale, per month
| Members | Revenue / month | Infrastructure / month (modeled) | Infra share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 | $2,990,000 | $3,000 – $21,000 | 0.1–0.7% |
| 100,000,000 | $299,000,000 | $300,000 – $2,100,000 | 0.1–0.7% |
| 1,000,000,000 | $2,990,000,000 | $3,000,000 – $21,000,000 | 0.1–0.7% |
Forward figures are modeled from Supabase list pricing: monthly active users at $0.00325 each — the largest driver, and the basis of the original $3,000-per-million ($0.003/member) estimate — plus egress ($0.09/GB) and database compute. Storage is negligible because the data is text (a few KB per member, confirmed live). The $0.003 figure is the optimistic floor that covers the MAU line; egress and compute lift the realistic range to about $0.006–$0.021 per member, and enterprise pricing reduces it at scale.
Even at the conservative end ($0.021 / member), the revenue-to-infrastructure ratio is ≈ 140 : 1 and infrastructure is ≈ 0.7% of revenue; at the founder estimate, ≈ 997 : 1 and 0.1%. Figures cover infrastructure only — they exclude Paddle payment processing (a revenue-based fee) and the investment fund itself, which is where the great majority of revenue is directed by design.