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A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

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Cheapest VPS to get started with (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For someone new to self hosting can you recommend cheap VPS to try simple things with? Can pay by hour like some cloud servers let you do or pay full month in advance.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

get a free ARM vps from Oracle on their free tier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They randomly delete free users with all data.