> You find a task manager that does pretty much exactly what you need BUT its also open source and you can self host it, would you still pay around $5 to get th

> You find a task manager that does pretty much exactly what you need BUT its also open source and you can self host it, would you still pay around $5 to get the cloud version of the app? If it's for personal use: Probably. The cheapest droplet on Digital Ocean is $5 anyway (I know there are cheaper alternatives, but that's what I use), and I don't have a general purpose VPS that I use to self host stuff already. If it's for business: Absolutely. The set up time and maintenance time cost dwarfs whatever pittance of savings you might be able to achieve with self hosting. This also depends on the SaaS pricing and how complex the self hosting set up is.