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Email Marketing

5 SaaS replaced

Email marketing is one of the most cost-effective self-hosting categories. Mailchimp costs €110/mo for 10K subscribers; …

SaaS: 10-500+/mo →

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Project Management

5 SaaS replaced

Project management tools for small teams. Self-hosted alternatives are mature and feature-rich, but the savings depend h…

SaaS: 10-250+/mo →

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Web Analytics

4 SaaS replaced

Privacy-focused analytics alternatives to Google Analytics. Self-hosted analytics is one of the easiest categories to de…

SaaS: 0-200+/mo →

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listmonk

High-performance, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager

replaces Mailchimp replaces Brevo replaces ConvertKit

Easy (2/5)

👥 Both

Setup

90 min

VPS/mo

€5

Min RAM

512 MB

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Plausible Analytics

Lightweight, privacy-friendly web analytics. No cookies, fully GDPR-compliant.

replaces Google Analytics replaces Mixpanel replaces Amplitude

Easy (2/5)

👥 Both

Setup

60 min

VPS/mo

€5

Min RAM

512 MB

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Vikunja

The to-do app to organize your life. Open-source project management for teams.

replaces Asana replaces Trello replaces ClickUp

Easy (2/5)

👥 Both

Setup

75 min

VPS/mo

€4

Min RAM

256 MB

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# Real DevOps tax calculation

setup_cost = 6h × €50/h = €300
vps_year1 = €5 × 12 = €60
total_year1 = €360

mailchimp_year1 = €110 × 12 = €1,320

savings = €1,320 - €360 = €960
break_even = 1.4 months

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