TheGarageLabs
Same open-source stack either way: Immich, Vaultwarden, AdGuard Home. The honest cost and time trade-off between building it yourself and paying for setup.
Same open-source stack either way — Immich, Vaultwarden, AdGuard Home, Frigate, Jellyfin, Home Assistant. The only thing on offer is not doing the setup yourself.
DIY: A weekend to a few weeks, depending on how comfortable you already are with Docker and Linux.
Us: Days to a few weeks — mostly shipping time, not your evenings.
DIY: Research every option yourself — there are three password managers and five photo tools that all claim to be the one.
Us: Already decided: Immich, Vaultwarden, AdGuard Home, Frigate, Jellyfin, Home Assistant. Same stack either way.
DIY: You track CVEs and update containers yourself, forever.
Us: Included with cover, monthly or annual. Skip cover and the box keeps running — you just handle patches yourself again.
DIY: Forums, GitHub issues, and trial and error at 11pm.
Us: You call the person who configured your box and already knows what is on it.
DIY: You research and buy it yourself, at whatever it costs.
Us: The same boxes, the same prices — see the hardware guide. We do not mark hardware up either way.
DIY: Free — your own time is the cost, and it is usually more of it than the first estimate.
Us: One-time setup labor, from the pricing page. Hardware is always separate.
DIY: You enjoy this as a hobby and want to learn it. Honestly — do it yourself, and use our stack list as your shopping list.
Us: You want the outcome — your photos, your passwords, your footage, owned — without it becoming a second job.
Setup labor from $398–$598 depending on modules; hardware always separate.
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