# Discourse Hosting versus self hosting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-versus-self-hosting/125848
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [August 15, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-versus-self-hosting/125848 "2019-08-15T03:27:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Samivan\_911](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/samivan_911/32/160015_2.png) [@Samivan\_911](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samivan_911)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-versus-self-hosting/125848/1 "2019-08-15T03:27:29Z")

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Why is it $100 a month for the “standard” package when you can do the same thing for $5-10 a month with DigitalOcean?

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### Author: ![PaigeLynn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/paigelynn/32/151098_2.png) [@PaigeLynn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PaigeLynn)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-versus-self-hosting/125848/2 "2019-08-15T03:34:44Z")

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Because it’s preinstalled, set up and managed by Discourse on Digital Ocean you are responsible everything

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### Author: ![Samivan\_911](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/samivan_911/32/160015_2.png) [@Samivan\_911](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samivan_911)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-versus-self-hosting/125848/3 "2019-08-15T03:45:31Z")

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Ahh. Makes sense. I’m planning on making 2 Discourse forums. One that @PaigeLynn would host. And the other one with DigitalOcean.