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The cheapest server worth having
A password manager and network-wide ad blocking. No media, no big drives — the two services that pay for themselves fastest and run on almost anything.
what it costs
- machine
- Raspberry Pi 5 kit (4 GB, case, PSU, 64 GB card)
- the machine
- €174
- the drivesSanDisk High Endurance 64 GB
- €24
- to buy
- €198
- to run
- €3.61/mo
These figures come from the catalogue as it stands today, not from the day this page was written. They move when prices do.
what you get
- Vaultwarden — Bitwarden-compatible password manager. Tiny, boring, and it never phones home.
- AdGuard Home — Network-wide ad and tracker blocking. Every device, no app to install.
This is a starting point, not a verdict. Open it in the builder to add or drop services, change the storage, or pick different drives.
Start from this example