# Discourse Costs

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-costs/138070
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [January 8, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-costs/138070 "2020-01-08T16:49:30Z")
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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-costs/138070/2 "2020-01-08T16:56:19Z")

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[Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md) is an open source software and is free to use. In a self installation you will pay only the cost of the server that hosts the site, for example [Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/?_campaign=DO_Dev_Awareness_G_Search_B_Generic_Beta&_adgroup=digital_ocean&_keyword=%2Bdigital%20%2Bocean&_device=c&_copytype=sitelink_ext&_adposition=1t1&_medium=brand_sem&_source=google&_dkitrig=&_2dkitrig=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk6v2xLv05gIVUflRCh1ekwlTEAAYASABEgIlgfD_BwE) has plans that start from $5/mo.

Take a look to [Recommended Hosting Providers for Self Hosters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-hosting-providers-for-self-hosters/79562)

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