# How good is Self-Hosted Discourse?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-good-is-self-hosted-discourse/279542>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [September 20, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-good-is-self-hosted-discourse/279542 "2023-09-20T01:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathan5/32/197134_2.png) [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-good-is-self-hosted-discourse/279542/10 "2023-09-22T13:27:24Z")

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Self-hosting Discourse is easy. There’s next to no work involved. On the other hand, self-hosting an email server is difficult (at least, dealing with deliverability on an ongoing basis, dealing with spam, etc). So most people who self-host Discourse pay for a professional email sending service alongside that. If they had more money they’d likely pay someone to manage their Discourse site too…

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