Claire Fontaine
Security & Infrastructure Analyst
Claire is a cybersecurity engineer with 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and enterprise security. She holds a CISSP certification and has led security audits for Fortune 500 companies. At CompareTiers, she evaluates security tools, hosting platforms, and infrastructure software with a focus on compliance, reliability, and total cost of ownership.
Articles by Claire Fontaine
Vercel vs Netlify Pricing: Which Is Cheaper in 2026?
Vercel ($0-$20/user/mo) vs Netlify ($0-$99/mo). Deep comparison of bandwidth, build minutes, serverless functions, and team pricing to find the cheapest hosting option.
Best Security Tools Pricing Compared (2026)
Security tool pricing compared: 1Password ($2.99/mo), Bitwarden ($0-6/user), LastPass ($3/mo), NordPass ($1.49/mo), Dashlane ($4.99/mo). Free vs paid analysis and team cost breakdown.
Best Cloud Hosting & Infrastructure Pricing Compared (2026)
Cloud hosting pricing: AWS (pay-per-use), Google Cloud ($300 free credit), DigitalOcean ($4-48/mo), Vercel (free-$20/mo), Heroku ($5-25/mo), Cloudflare Workers (free-$5/mo). Compare IaaS vs PaaS costs.
GitHub vs GitLab Pricing: Developer Platform Costs (2026)
GitHub vs GitLab pricing: GitHub $0-21/user/mo, GitLab $0-99/user/mo. GitHub cheaper for repos+CI. GitLab bundles DevOps, security scanning, self-hosted option.
Datadog vs New Relic Pricing: Observability Costs Compared (2026)
Datadog vs New Relic pricing compared: Datadog $15–$23/host/mo + $31/mo APM; New Relic free tier (100GB/mo), $0.30–$0.50/GB. Different models mean different winners.
1Password vs Bitwarden Pricing: Complete Comparison (2026)
1Password vs Bitwarden pricing compared: $2.99/mo vs $10/yr personal, $4.99/mo vs $40/yr family. TCO at 1, 5, 50, 100 users. Which password manager wins on value?