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I've mostly switched to the self-hosted side. Yes - there is some initial ramp up time and some hurdles to face (and I actually ended up going the self-hosted
by horsawlarway 5y ago
I've mostly switched to the self-hosted side.
Yes - there is some initial ramp up time and some hurdles to face (and I actually ended up going the self-hosted K8s route, which is definitely a lot of additional ramp up time, but IMO - worth it.)
That said... I save a LOT of money.
Currently hosting
- Bookstack
- Seafile
- Jellyfin
- Grocy
- Drone.io
- Gitlab
- Youtrack
- Keycloak
- OpenHab
~$50/year for dynamic dns. ~$15/year for hostnames. ~$5/year for backup and long term storage (this varies, but is often within the free tier on backblaze unless I have to restore a service).
Or about $5/month (not including the internet, which I already pay for anyways, and the hardware, which is literally my old/outdated machines running micro-k8s, and a NAS).
The maintenance can be annoying every now and then - but it's also the kind of work I don't really mind, and it's a nice exercise to stay up-to-date on tech I end up interacting with in the office anyways.