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I am trying to capture costs for starting into homelab/selfhosting.

VPNs, search engines, absolutely everything and anything.

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[–] exu@feditown.com 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

It really depends on which services you need besides whatever hardware you have lying around.

For me it's a bit higher, as I used to host all my stuff on a rented dedicated box. Having an always on server in my bedroom didn't work for me, I have moved out since and built a local sever.

  • Dedicated Hetzner server + 10TB storage box: ~75€/month
  • Netcup VPS (external monitoring): ~6.50€/month
  • Kavita+ subscription for additional features: 5 USD/month (I think)
  • Various domains: not sure, I have ~7 domains so another ~100€/year
  • Mail: 90USD/year
  • VPN: ~50USD/year (forgot to track this expense, oops)
  • Backblaze B2: ~2€/month

If you only need a public IP to reach your stuff, an even cheaper VPS should suffice.

Edit: forgot some stuff in the first pass