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What does it actually cost to self-host a planet Photon?

· 4 min read
ChibiGeo — ZeitFlow UG, Berlin

The ChibiGeo docs on self-hosting Photon tell you what the software needs: roughly 95 GB for the planet index, and per Photon's own documentation 64 GB of RAM for smooth operation. That is an accurate answer to a question nobody actually asked. What people want to know is what those numbers cost in euros every month, and whether it is worth it.

So here is the arithmetic, with real prices you can check.