💰Operational Costs / Monthly Expenses

Transparency & Monthly Operating Costs

We believe in radical transparency. Here is the full breakdown of our expected monthly operating costs required to run the AquaTerra World, including infrastructure, Web3, login/authentication, AI tools, research, and hardware.

Supporters of our project can help us cover these expenses either with monthly subscriptions via Stripe or one-time contributions via PayPal or Coinbase Commerce.

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💻 Infrastructure (Microsoft Azure)

Category	Service / Description	Monthly Cost (USD)	Support
Main Compute	Azure NVadsA10 v5 VM (2× NVIDIA A10 GPU, 24 vCPU, 220 GB RAM) – Unity Metaverse rendering	$2,800
Staging Compute	Azure D32as v5 VM (32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM, CPU-only, for dev/staging)	$1,200
Database	Azure Cosmos DB (global scale, 1TB storage + requests)	$400
Storage	Azure Blob Storage + CDN (assets, textures, Unity bundles)	$250
Networking	Azure Bandwidth + Load Balancer	$200
Monitoring & Logs	Azure Monitor & Application Insights	$100
Domain & Hosting	nics.space + cPanel hosting	$30
Total (Infrastructure)		$4,980

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🌐 Web3 & Authentication

Category	Service / Description	Monthly Cost (USD)	Support
Web3 Infra	Alchemy / Infura RPC (ETH & Polygon nodes)	$200
Wallet Integration	Web3Modal / RainbowKit (enterprise tier)	$100
Auth / Social Login	Microsoft Entra ID B2C / Auth0 (10k MAU)	$150
Total (Web3 & Auth)		$450

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🤖 AI & Tools

Category	Service / Description	Monthly Cost (USD)	Support
AI Tools	ChatGPT Premium	$24
AI Tools	Claude / Anthropic API credits	$100
Automation	n8n Cloud (workflow automation)	$50
Dev Tools	GitHub Pro + Actions CI/CD	$40
Collaboration	Slack / Discord Nitro + integrations	$30
Total (AI & Tools)		$240

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📚 Education & Research

Category	Service / Description	Monthly Cost (USD)	Support
Online Courses	Coursera Team Subscription	$60
Research	Academic Journals & Data APIs	$40
Total (Education & Research)		$100

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🖥 Hardware

Category	Item / Description	Cost (USD)	Support
Developer Hardware	MacBook Pro M4 Max (16-core CPU / 40-core GPU, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD)	$4,700
VR Testing	Meta Quest 3 Pro + accessories	$1,408
Workstations	Mac Studio M3 Ultra (Max configuration)	$17,624
Servers (local dev)	Mini-cluster for testing	$4,694
Total (Hardware)		$28,426

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📑 Documentation & Graphics

Category	Service / Description	Monthly Cost (EUR)	Support
GetBook	Documentation hosting	€20
Lavabla	Graphics & branding	€100
Gamma	Presentation & design tool	€20
Total (Documentation & Graphics)		€140

🌍 Summary

Category	Monthly Cost (USD)	Support
Infrastructure	$4,980
Web3 & Auth	$450
AI & Tools	$240
Education & Research	$100
Hardware	$28,426
Documentation & Graphics	$160
Total Monthly Operating Costs	$34,356

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🙌 Support the Project

Every contribution directly supports the growth of our AquaTerra World ecosystem. Choose your preferred way to contribute:

✨ Thank you for being part of our journey. 🌍 Together we are building the future of the decentralized metaverse.