Life & fun · September 13, 2017
Create Your Own Cloud Storage Web App for $0.60/TB per Month
In today’s post, I’m going to show you how to set up your own cloud storage web app, similar to Dropbox or Google Drive, but with substantially lower costs.
Create Your Own Cloud Storage Web App for $0.60/TB per Month launched on September 13, 2017 with 16 votes, #841 of 3,072 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
In plain words
This guide shows users how to build a personal cloud storage web app using Sia and Nextcloud, providing file storage functionality similar to Dropbox or Google Drive. It targets individuals seeking to reduce storage costs, offering rates around $0.60 per TB monthly compared to significantly higher commercial alternatives. The solution includes a screencast demonstration and command-line setup instructions for creating a self-hosted storage system at fraction of typical pricing.
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From the sources
In today’s post, I’m going to show you how to set up your own cloud storage web app, similar to Dropbox or Google Drive, but with substantially lower costs. This solution provides cloud storage at ~$0.60 per TB/month. By comparison, the same storage would cost $8.25 per month on Dropbox or $10 per month on Google Drive. I created a screencast that walks through the steps of this guide and demonstrates the final result. It achieves an identical result to this blog post, but performs more configuration in GUIs, whereas this blog post uses the command line whenever possible. If you prefer video tutorials, I recommend you download the files in the “Create files and folders for…from mtlynch.io
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