# Self-hosted local/staging setup options or recommendations?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-local-staging-setup-options-or-recommendations/290623 "2024-01-05T12:11:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-local-staging-setup-options-or-recommendations/290623/2 "2024-01-05T12:28:18Z")

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I’d recommend having the staging in the cloud as a dedicated instance. testing on live site is not ideal and it would be very closely comparable to production. Hosting locally is doable but is inviting a lot of unwarranted headache for little to no reward except maybe saving a few bucks which you’d burn in electricity cost.

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