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your picksImmichNextcloudVaultwarden
Security
~256 MB
~256 MB
~128 MB
Workflow automation
~4096 MB
~1024 MB
~4096 MB
~1024 MB
~256 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
Personal finance
~512 MB
~512 MB
~1024 MB
Network-wide ad blocking
~512 MB
~512 MB
Database admin
~128 MB
~4096 MB
~512 MB
~64 MB
~256 MB
Notes
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
~512 MB
~1024 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
~512 MB
~512 MB
AI Agent Platforms
~4096 MB
~4096 MB
~2048 MB
Invoicing
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~512 MB
AI Chat Interfaces
~2048 MB
~8192 MB
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
~8192 MB
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
~16384 MB
Push notifications
~256 MB
~256 MB
~256 MB
Low-code internal tools
~8192 MB
~6144 MB
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
Backend & BaaS
~4096 MB
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
Media server
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
~256 MB
~2048 MB
SSO & Identity
~256 MB
~2048 MB
~512 MB
~1024 MB
~128 MB
~8192 MB
~128 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
~256 MB
~2048 MB
E-commerce
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
No-code database
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
Media automation
~256 MB
~512 MB
~256 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
~512 MB
~512 MB
Monitoring
~256 MB
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~256 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~512 MB
~128 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
~256 MB
~4096 MB
Password manager1 picked
~2048 MB
~256 MB
~2048 MB
~2560 MB
~1024 MB
~256 MB
Wiki & docs
~512 MB
~1024 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
Error tracking
~256 MB
~512 MB
~16384 MB
Reverse proxy
~256 MB
~512 MB
~256 MB
~256 MB
Scheduling
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
E-books & comics
~512 MB
~512 MB
~512 MB
~1024 MB
Platform-as-a-Service
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~512 MB
Helpdesk
~4096 MB
~1024 MB
~4096 MB
Developer tools
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~64 MB
~256 MB
Office suite
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
RSS reader
~256 MB
~256 MB
~256 MB
File sharing
~256 MB
~256 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
Dashboards
~256 MB
~128 MB
~500 MB
~256 MB
Forum
~1024 MB
~512 MB
~512 MB
Container registry
~128 MB
~4096 MB
Mail Server
~512 MB
~6144 MB
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
E-signature
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
ERP
~1024 MB
~4096 MB
~2048 MB
Project Management
~256 MB
~8192 MB
~256 MB
~1024 MB
~4096 MB
~4096 MB
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~256 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
Container management
~128 MB
~1024 MB
~256 MB
Whiteboard
~512 MB
~128 MB
~128 MB
CMS & blogging
~512 MB
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
Backup
~512 MB
~512 MB
~512 MB
Fitness
~512 MB
~1536 MB
~128 MB
Photo backup & gallery1 picked
~1024 MB
~6144 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
~512 MB
Home automation
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~64 MB
~1024 MB
CRM
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~3072 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
File sync & storage1 picked
~512 MB
~1024 MB
~512 MB
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~256 MB
Code hosting
~512 MB
~1024 MB
~512 MB
~16384 MB
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~256 MB
Forms & surveys
~4096 MB
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
Web analytics
~256 MB
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
~16384 MB
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
Social network (Fediverse)
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
~2048 MB
~256 MB
Observability
~1024 MB
~8192 MB
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
~512 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
~2048 MB
~4096 MB
Inventory
~256 MB
~256 MB
~1024 MB
VPN & Mesh Networking
~256 MB
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
~256 MB
~256 MB
Secrets management
~4096 MB
~256 MB
CI/CD
~256 MB
~512 MB
~256 MB
Video conferencing
~2048 MB
Bookmarks
~2048 MB
~256 MB
~4096 MB
~256 MB
Newsletter
~512 MB
~512 MB
~2048 MB
Time tracking
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
~128 MB
~128 MB
URL shortener
~256 MB
~256 MB
~512 MB
Link in bio
~256 MB
Team chat
~2048 MB
~8192 MB
~1024 MB
~4096 MB
Recipes
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
Search engine
~1024 MB
~4096 MB
~512 MB
~1024 MB
Business intelligence
~2048 MB
~2048 MB
Pastebin
~64 MB
~256 MB
~128 MB
Vector database
~8192 MB
~1024 MB
~1024 MB
AI Coding Agents
~4096 MB
Video platform
~1024 MB
~1536 MB
~2048 MB
Documents
~2048 MB
~1024 MB
~512 MB
Read-it-later
~256 MB
~512 MB
Game library
~2048 MB
PDF tools
~2048 MB
312 apps3 picked
Typical light-use footprints. Heavy libraries — Immich's ML search, Jellyfin transcodes — want more headroom than this. How we measure →
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3 apps, about 7.8 GB RAM. Fits Contabo at $7.20 per month.
~7.8 GB RAMstarting estimate
3 apps + ~512 MB OS overheadRuns comfortably ondisclosure
Contabocheapest fit
6 vCPU / 12 GB / 200 GB · $7.20/moBilled monthly — resize the box without rebuilding if the estimate runs hot.Get Contabo (opens in new tab)SaaS you'd replace$216/yr
Self-hosted$86/yr
You keep$130/yr