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Matrix hosting (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hey y'all, this actually isn't self hosting related, but who have you had good luck with for paid matrix hosting?

Right now, I do enough tinkering with everything that I would be willing to just pay to host a matrix server for my friends.

Unless it really is easy enough to do it on a synology nas for text/voice/screen share...but do I need to pay for a domain still?

We are (like everyone) on matrix.org now but realize we need to move eventually.

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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm using etke.cc in Germany. It's a relatively easy setup and the hosting is matrix dedicated. Payment is a bit odd through ko-fi but otherwise it has been solid. They don't have element calling fully enabled, it's a bit conservative. Admin is easy and staff are responsive.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    Also using etke.cc. I bought my own vps and then gave them access and they set everything up. It was a lot cheaper this way. My VPS is 4 cores with 8gb of ram but 4 cores and 4gb of ram would be enough. I also got the RTC add-on for $5 which enabled calls. Everything is working really well and I would recommend doing it this way.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    If you have your own VPS anyway, there is the Matrix Ansible Playbook which makes the setup with docker containers very easy. But I also get the sentiment that you don't want to tinker around all the time and just want stuff to work.

    Kudos to you for using Matrix in the first place, I hope you can bring a lot of your friends and family to switch over to it. So far this has been the biggest hurdle on my journey 😅

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