What you can run yourself in the cloud.

Basic Linux knowledge is helpful. For each use case, we provide a step-by-step guide that walks you through setup and configuration. You don't need to be an expert, but you should be willing to learn.

If you control your data, you also take responsibility for it. That means keeping your system up to date, installing security updates and configuring firewall rules. Our guides help you with that. For those who want to invest as little effort as possible, self-hosting is not the right choice.

For critical systems, we strongly recommend enabling backups. dataforest offers automatic daily offsite backups that can be restored at any time. Additionally, we recommend independently backing up important data to external systems. A backup strategy is not an optional extra but part of the responsibility that comes with self-hosting.

Seeds are billed hourly, with no minimum term and no setup fees. You only pay for what you use. You can find the specific models and prices in the configurator.