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I finally decided to self-host last week and boy I did not know how much that domain has progressed. I have setup a domain, a VPS with Cloudron and cloud backup in less than two hours. I was absolutely blown away. I no longer use notion and store all my files and photos on the VPS, it has been wonderful. The bonus is how good I feel about my for not relying on the big players.

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blendertom 3 days ago | parent [-]

Can you share more about your set up?

How much storage, are you backing up your data elsewhere?

And what did it cost you, apart from time?

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vvpan 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Sure. I might upgrade but at the moment:

- Domain name - $3/year

- Cloudron free tier with two apps - free

- Wasabi for backups (Cloudron supports every cloud storage possible and Wasabi is not the cheapest, I just wanted to try it) - $7/m

- Hostinger VPS with 50GB of storage - $5/m

I will probably add more apps to Cloudron at which point I will have to pay $15/m. But I think it is worth it - you can install every possible app with one click and have single sign-on. I offered to split the service with some friends too which would make the economics even better.

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apitman 3 days ago | parent [-]

Check out Runtipi, CasaOS, Cosmos, and yunohost for free alternatives to Cloudron.

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vvpan 2 days ago | parent [-]

Ah, I felt something like that must exist, thanks for the pointers.

	▲	SansGuidon 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm using Cloudron for 1.5 years and currently trying Yunohost and Coolify to try alternatives. But I gave up on Yunohost which felt too buggy and required too much workarounds and troubleshooting. I feel Coolify might be best for my needs but it's really for devs. Cloudron spoiled me so much everything else looks half baked.

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apitman 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Storage costs are the weak link in this sort of setup. Productivity apps can be fine, but as soon as you start trying to host a music or video it can be expensive.

	▲	vvpan 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I have not looked at different offerings for block storage but object storage has been very cheap. Say the Wasabi account gives me a terrabyte for $7/m with egress included. I am not sure whether it is possible to setup the self-hosting solutions to use that rather than VPS block storage though.