As said already, hosting your own tile server isn't really an alternative to a service like Google Maps. I'd like to add that there are multiple such services l

As said already, hosting your own tile server isn't really an alternative to a service like Google Maps. I'd like to add that there are multiple such services listed on the "Providers" page of switch2osm, though I'd argue that they should be featured more prominently. I recommend MapTiler, as I've used their open source backend on a project once.