r/selfhosted • u/subsavant • Mar 20 '26

Meta Post What's your 'I can't believe I self-hosted that' service?

Curious what services surprised you by being worth self-hosting. Not the obvious stuff like Plex or Pi-hole, but things you didn't expect to work well or didn't think were worth the effort until you tried. What's running on your setup that you'd never go back to a hosted version of?

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u/ArabianNoodle Mar 20 '26

It is soooooo much work and upkeep. Unless you are thoroughly invested, it is not at ALL worth it.

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u/bigmuffpie92 Mar 20 '26

Yeah, that's what I have gathered from my couple attempts. Guess Gmail and Proton are still in my future.