• DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      How much does it cost to run your own instance? Do you have to pay the whole domain, server, security package with a service like cloudflare and all?

      • DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        1 year ago

        Mine is running on a €2.49 Hetzner VM. I already have a domain, so Lemmy is just set up on a subdomain. I secured it myself (that sort of thing is my day job). I don’t think I’ll need to upgrade, because it’s a closed instance with only 2 users.

        All told, it would be maybe €50/year if you’re starting from nothing.

      • Thassar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t researched it at all but I’d be very surprised if you needed anything more than a domain name (basically free as long as you don’t go for a common TLD) and somewhere to host it (literally free if you do it on a home PC but that comes with other issues). Cloudflare and extra security are nice but aren’t necessary for something like this.