Funding
Battlesnake is community-funded and maintained by volunteers. All infrastructure runs through Corey Alexander's personal LLC — GitHub Sponsors donations come in, infrastructure bills go out, and Corey covers the difference out of pocket.
Monthly Costs
As of March 2026, it costs roughly $620–660 USD/month to keep Battlesnake running:
| Service | What it does | Cost (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | Game engine, web platform, and backend services | $442.10 |
| Mailgun | Email notifications | $94.00 |
| Google Workspace | Email and domain for battlesnake.com | $34.62 |
| Sentry | Error monitoring and alerting | $29.00 |
| GitHub | Organization plan and CI/CD | $20.00 |
| Total | $619.72 |
We're actively rewriting the platform in Rust with cost efficiency as a major goal, so these numbers should come down over time.
Sponsors
Battlesnake currently has 22 GitHub Sponsors. Thank you to everyone who helps keep the lights on!
Justin Workman
Willem Broekema
Fable Tales
pigeon
Adrienn Szabo
Hunter Skrasek
Alex Chastain
Corey Alexander
Sherri Flemings
Nettogrof
Lukas Schmitt
Fredrik Prüzelius
Blayne Campbell
Misha Hawthorn
Kai Schniedergers
Jon Butterfield
Alec Swanson
Salah
WbaN314
rninformatics
taranerd
odiodin
How to Help
If you'd like to help keep Battlesnake running:
Every contribution — no matter the size — makes a difference. Sponsorships go directly toward infrastructure costs.
Maintained by Corey Alexander — remaining ~$500 USD/month covered out of pocket
The gap between sponsorships and infrastructure costs is currently funded out of pocket. Read about how I ended up running Battlesnake.
Sponsor data last updated October 10, 2026.