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The Contabo VPS lineup now comes in three product lines – Core, Performance, and Max Performance – each built for a different kind of workload. From budget-friendly WordPress…

The answer depends on one question before any spec number: is your agent calling an external API (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini) or running the model locally? When the agent…

A clear default stack has emerged among people self-hosting in 2026: Nextcloud for files, Immich for photos, Vaultwarden for passwords, n8n for automation, Jellyfin for media, Uptime Kuma…

Nextcloud itself is free, open-source software — you only pay for the server it runs on. For a team of 10-15, two paths keep costs under €5-10 a…

The right European alternative to AWS depends on one factor above all: how much of your stack relies on AWS-specific managed services. If you’re running Kubernetes, Postgres, object…

The best alternative to AWS or Google Cloud depends on one question: does your team want to manage servers, or pay someone else to? For teams comfortable with…

There are two very different answers to this question depending on what you’re actually building. The hyperscalers — AWS, Azure, Google Cloud — have the largest raw footprint…

Google Photos and iCloud put your photo library on someone else’s infrastructure, on someone else’s terms. These seven self-hosted photo management apps give you full control over your…