> OR: You can run your own node and pay the native cost for storage. At that point I'll just run Gitea on a sub-$5 VPS. It does more than what I need and is si

> OR: You can run your own node and pay the native cost for storage. At that point I'll just run Gitea on a sub-$5 VPS. It does more than what I need and is simple to run, and has more storage for less. > But storage isn't free, it's not really fair to expect everything hosted for free, they give you the software which you can run yourself. I'm more interested in paying a reasonable amount if I hit their free plan limits. My point is that their pricing scheme seems ridiculously high for small time hobby coders like myself and will drive me away from Gitlab if I hit their limits, instead of giving them money.