Self-hosting vs SaaS: when owning your stack wins

Published 2026-05-28

SaaS is convenient until the bills stack up and your data lives somewhere you don't control. A single Mac mini can replace a surprising chunk of the subscription pile.

Where self-hosting wins

Cost at scale, data ownership, privacy and customization.

Where it doesn't

If you can't own the security and uptime, don't self-host customer-critical systems — but FrontierStack gives you the firewall, malware audit, backups, TLS and monitoring to do it properly.