24 ranked picks · Updated daily

Self-hosted cloud storage, Nextcloud, Seafile, and the open-source Dropbox replacements

Dropbox and Google Drive bill per gigabyte forever. A single Hetzner storage box runs Nextcloud or Seafile with TB of capacity for a flat ~$10/mo.

Cheapest path: dokku on hetzner for $4.13/mo, that's about $94/year less than Dropbox.

The 24 picks, ranked by health

Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology.

dokku
by dokku
85/100

A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications

Shell MIT
32k
$4.13/mo
ArchiveBox
by ArchiveBox
83/100

Open source self-hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more...

Python MIT
28k
$4.13/mo
1/5
analytics
by plausible
83/100

Open source, privacy-first web analytics. Lightweight, cookie-free Google Analytics alternative. Self-hosted or cloud.

Elixir AGPL-3.0
27k
$4.13/mo
3/5
coolify
by coollabsio
81/100

An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 280+ one-click services on your own servers.

PHP Apache-2.0
57k
$4.13/mo
Trilium
by TriliumNext
81/100

Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
36k
$4.13/mo
2/5
trilium
by zadam
81/100

Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
36k
$4.13/mo
2/5
server
by gotify
81/100

A simple server for sending and receiving messages in real-time per WebSocket. (Includes a sleek web-ui)

Go NOASSERTION
15k
$4.13/mo
2/5
wallabag
by wallabag
81/100

wallabag is a self hostable application for saving web pages: Save and classify articles. Read them later. Freely.

PHP MIT
13k
$4.13/mo
2/5
self-hosted
by getsentry
81/100

Sentry, feature-complete and packaged up for low-volume deployments and proofs-of-concept

Shell NOASSERTION
9.4k
$4.13/mo
immich
by immich-app
80/100

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
100k
$4.13/mo
3/5
siyuan
by siyuan-note
80/100

A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
44k
$4.13/mo
2/5
server
by nextcloud
80/100

Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data

PHP AGPL-3.0
35k
$4.13/mo
2/5
Ech0
by lin-snow
80/100

Ech0 - An open-source, self-hosted lightweight publishing platform for personal idea sharing.

Go AGPL-3.0
2.0k
$4.13/mo
3/5
gitea
by go-gitea
79/100

Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD

Go MIT
55k
$4.13/mo
2/5
signoz
by SigNoz
79/100

SigNoz is an open-source observability platform native to OpenTelemetry with logs, traces and metrics in a single application. An open-source alternative to DataDog, NewRelic, etc. . Open source Application Performance Monitoring (APM) & Observability tool

TypeScript NOASSERTION
27k
$4.13/mo
dagu
by dagucloud
79/100

Local-first workflow engine with a Web UI for small teams. Define DAGs in a declarative YAML format. Self-contained and no DBMS required. Use any AI agent to manage your DAGs.

Go GPL-3.0
3.5k
$4.13/mo
3/5
memos
by usememos
78/100

Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.

Go MIT
59k
$4.13/mo
2/5
joplin
by laurent22
78/100

Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

TypeScript NOASSERTION
55k
$4.13/mo
3/5
owncast
by owncast
78/100

Take control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.

Go MIT
11k
$4.13/mo
2/5
statistics-for-strava
by robiningelbrecht
78/100

Self-hosted, open-source dashboard for your sports and fitness data

PHP AGPL-3.0
1.8k
$4.13/mo
2/5
open-webui
by open-webui
77/100

User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

Python NOASSERTION
136k
$4.13/mo
3/5
appwrite
by appwrite
77/100

Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more

TypeScript BSD-3-Clause
56k
$4.13/mo
1/5
dashy
by lissy93
77/100

A self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more!

Vue MIT
25k
$4.13/mo
1/5
listmonk
by knadh
77/100

High performance, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. Single binary app.

Go AGPL-3.0
22k
$4.13/mo
1/5

Specifically replacing

These categories on ossreplace cover the SaaS in this space.

Dropbox alternatives

Ready to self-host?

Most operators land on dokku (top health) and run it on hetzner for around $4.13/mo.

Last verified . Health scores and costs are computed from public data.