Carybin needed hosting that better matched its stage and budget. I handled the migration from managed AWS infrastructure to a self-hosted Coolify setup on Hetzner.
Core hosting went from about $300/month to €8/month. These are approximate costs in their original billing currencies, not an exchange-rate calculation or a comparison of every recurring business expense.
The handover gave the team a setup they could understand and operate. Self-hosting also made server maintenance part of their responsibility, which is an important part of the decision.
The original migration article is linked above. Read the client recommendation.