Developer Migrates Express Backend to Vercel Functions, Cuts Hosting Cost to Zero

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A developer migrated a small Express analytics backend from Railway to Vercel Functions earlier this year, eliminating a recurring monthly hosting fee entirely. The backend served a single purpose: wrapping the Google Analytics 4 Data API behind an authenticated endpoint to keep service-account credentials private. The migration preserved the same external API contract, meaning the frontend required no changes during the transition. Each Express route was converted into a standalone Vercel Function handler, with shared logic such as authentication and CORS moved into private utility files under an underscore-prefixed directory. The switch made practical sense because the low-traffic backend sat idle most of the time, making a serverless, scale-to-zero model a better fit than a continuously running container.

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