Affiliate & advertising disclosure

How SelfHost Alternatives makes money, and what that does and does not change on the site. Last updated: November 9, 2026.

Affiliate links

Some links — for example to hosting providers such as DigitalOcean, Vultr, or Akamai (Linode), or to managed hosts like PikaPods and Elestio — may be affiliate links. If you buy through one, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Affiliate URLs are not configured yet, so hosting links currently go to the provider’s normal public page. When an affiliate URL is added in our config, the templates automatically mark that link with an “Affiliate link” note pointing here.

Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

Featured and sponsored listings

Publishers can pay for a featured listing (currently listed at $149 per month, up to 3 slots per page) or an expedited review ($39). Featured placements are shown in a separate “Featured” section and carry a “Featured” / “Sponsored” label that links here. They never change another app’s health badge, stats, or ranking.

Advertising

Third-party ad slots exist in the templates but are off by default and currently disabled. If we turn them on, each slot will be labelled as an advertisement and link here.

What is not for sale

Organic rankings and maintenance health statuses (Active, Maintained, Slowing, Stale, Archived, Unknown) are based on public data — primarily GitHub activity and related metadata refreshed nightly. We do not sell placement inside those organic lists, and paying for a featured spot does not alter health badges or star-weighted ranking of other apps.

Questions

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