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VPS use cases

What to run on a VPS, sizing and real cost.

What people run on a VPS, and what it costs to run it for the hours it is needed: Discord and Telegram bots, n8n workflows, AI agents and a sandboxed Claude Code box, Minecraft and Palworld servers, and Linux practice labs. Each post sizes the server from the software's documented requirements, not from benchmarks we have not run, and prices the job by the hours the server exists, with the monthly cap for servers that stay on. For the AI posts, start with the hub, VPS for AI agents. To see how these costs compare across providers, read how much a VPS costs.

13 posts
Last review October 3, 2026

Posts in Use cases

Nextcloud VPS Guide: Self-Host Nextcloud AIO with Backups (2026)
Self-host Nextcloud on a VPS with the official All-in-One container: sizing from AIO's documented minimums, a locked-down admin port, Caddy reverse-proxy mode, S3 trade-offs and encrypted backups to a second server.
- Nextcloud calls All-in-One (AIO) its official installation method: one Docker container that deploys Nextcloud, PostgreSQL, Redis…
- With any optional container on, AIO's floor is 2 GB of RAM, a dual-core CPU and 40 GB of disk, and it recommends 1 GB more RAM, so a 2 vCPU…
- Docker publishes AIO's ports around UFW, so bind the AIO interface on port 8080 to 127.0.0.1 and reach it through an SSH tunnel.
21 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
Uptime Kuma on a VPS: Docker, Caddy HTTPS, Alerts and Cost (2026)
Deploy Uptime Kuma 2 on a small VPS in a different city from your servers: localhost-only Docker, Caddy HTTPS…
20 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
Coolify VPS Setup: Install, Secure and Size a Self-Hosted PaaS (2026)
Install Coolify on a VPS without the usual gaps: what the script changes, the first-visitor admin risk, why UFW can't close port 8000…
22 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
Ollama VPS Guide: Run LLMs on a CPU-Only Server (2026)
Run Ollama on a CPU-only VPS: RAM by model from Ollama’s library, which plan fits which model, a reviewed install on Ubuntu 24.04…
20 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
Valheim Dedicated Server VPS: 1.0 Setup, Crossplay, Backups and Cost
Run a Valheim 1.0 dedicated server on an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS from Iron Gate's own files: sourced RAM figures, the ports, crossplay…
20 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
Claude Code on a VPS: Set Up a Sandboxed Remote Dev Box (2026)
Install Claude Code on a 4 GB Ubuntu VPS, log in over SSH, keep sessions alive in tmux, and lock the agent into a no-sudo…
16 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
How Much Does a Minecraft Server Cost? Weekend vs 24/7 (2026)
A Friday-to-Sunday Minecraft weekend is 53 server-hours. Live weekend vs 24/7 costs by group size, Realms prices, RAM by player count…
14 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
VPS for AI Agents: Sizing, Security and Real Costs (2026)
What a VPS for AI agents really needs: documented RAM and CPU minimums for coding, workflow, chat and SDK agents, honest local-LLM math…
17 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
How to Self-Host n8n on a VPS with Docker Compose (2026)
Deploy n8n on your own VPS with Docker Compose, Postgres 18, task runners and Caddy HTTPS, using the current n8n 2.x settings, plus backups…
19 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
How to Host a Discord Bot on a VPS 24/7 (systemd Guide, 2026)
Run a Discord bot 24/7 on a VPS with a sandboxed systemd unit, a root-only token file and a restart policy that protects your token…
18 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
Telegram Bot VPS Guide: Polling vs Webhook, systemd and Cost (2026)
Run a Telegram bot 24/7 on a VPS: when to use long polling or a webhook, the official webhook requirements, a hardened systemd service…
15 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026
Palworld Dedicated Server VPS Guide (1.0): Setup, RAM and Cost
Set up a Palworld 1.0 dedicated server on an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS from Pocketpair's own docs: the real RAM tiers, the one port you need…
13 min readLast reviewed Oct 3, 2026

Essentials

The pages these posts point back to: one metered price per plan, every rule, and tools to check the numbers yourself.