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What self-hosting actually costs per year: 11 apps priced against the SaaS they replace

Dev.to · Vikas Singhal ☁️ DevOps & Cloud 1mo ago

What self-hosting actually costs per year: 11 apps priced against the SaaS they replace

I priced 11 open-source apps against the commercial tools they replace, using each vendor's own August 2026 pricing page. $1,284/yr self-hosted against $4,620/y

I Tested 7 Self-Hosted Monitoring Tools on a $3 VPS in 2026 (Here's the One I Kept)

Dev.to · Vikas Singhal ☁️ DevOps & Cloud ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

I Tested 7 Self-Hosted Monitoring Tools on a $3 VPS in 2026 (Here's the One I Kept)

Beszel, Netdata, Grafana, Pulse, Glances, Prometheus, Dozzle - all running on the same 1 CPU / 2 GB box. Here's the full bench, costs, and the one I stopped uni

I Replaced Datadog With a 10MB Monitoring Tool (Here's What Happened)

Dev.to · Vikas Singhal ☁️ DevOps & Cloud ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

I Replaced Datadog With a 10MB Monitoring Tool (Here's What Happened)

Datadog costs 15/host/month. I monitor 4 servers for 3/mo total with Beszel.

The Cheapest Way to Self-Host Beszel in 2026

Dev.to · Vikas Singhal ☁️ DevOps & Cloud ⚡ AI Lesson 5mo ago

The Cheapest Way to Self-Host Beszel in 2026

Beszel monitors your servers with a 10MB agent while Datadog wants 500MB. Every way to host it in 2026 with real costs.

The Cheapest Way to Self-Host Vaultwarden in 2026

Dev.to · Vikas Singhal ☁️ DevOps & Cloud ⚡ AI Lesson 5mo ago

The Cheapest Way to Self-Host Vaultwarden in 2026

I tested 8 ways to self-host Vaultwarden and compared the real monthly cost of each. From $3/mo managed to free-but-you-maintain-everything.