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chat, im currently doing some rough calculations for my fedi hosting idea, and im arriving at some rough pricing

for mastodon, it'd be 8$/month for a "decent performance" single-user / small-sized (~10) instance

for akkoma, it would be 6$/month for a single-user instance, all the way to something like a 100-user instance

for iceshrimp.net, based on the data i have atm, it could be even as low as 3$/month for a single-user/small instance

(this is based on the raw usage (and its costs) of the underlying software)

Does this pricing seem reasonable to y'all? (boost for reach pls boosts_ok_gay)

Edit: Numbers will be a bit lower than what i expect; i forgot database GB usage costs, and and also some extra services for some of these, so add 30% to the numbers

92% Yes
7% No
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@ShadowJonathan for a single-user instance, the pricing seems alright, although the most important thing is the specs of the server you'll pay for. I don't have much experience with Mastodon, but from my experience, a small-ish VPS (4 cores, 8 GB of RAM, a few hundred GBs of storage) will be more than enough. On those specs I run a bunch of services simultaneously, an Akkoma instance with a few users being one of those.
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boosts_ok_gay Actually, I should have clarified from the above post;

Would you, for this price, want to rent a fedi server at a hosting company?

Mastodon: 8$/month

Akkoma: 6$/month

Iceshrimp.net: 3$/month

1% Yes, Mastodon
4% Yes, Akkoma
21% Yes, Iceshrimp.net
29% Yes, in general
4% No, too expensive
40% No, I wouldn't pick a hosting service
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@ShadowJonathan I prefer selfhosting and dealing with the consequences neowrench_woozy_with_nut , but in general that pricing sounds very reasonable :3 (imo you can set the prices a bit higher to accomodate your labour)

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@MagicLike well, actual selfhosting isn't possible for everyone, like having your own machine in your space and having complete control over those. Some people might not have the space or the money for a machine, or even a reliable internet connection.
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@getimiskon @ShadowJonathan I did not say that this should be done for everyone, I don't even really "selfhost", I use a VPS...

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