You've Been Living In
Someone Else's House.
It's comfortable. It's familiar. And it isn't yours. It's Time to Give It Back.
Google, Microsoft, Apple, and their friends invite you in. They may even charge you for entry, in their house all cameras are on you. Where you move, who you talk to, what you look at — all theirs now. You're in their home. And if you don't like it they have the right to show you out whenever they like — oh and leave all your things with them.
It doesn't have to be this way.
They Read Your Mail.
They Sell Your Profile.
Free tools come with a price.
Your inbox is their ad machine.
Google scans every message you send and receive — an algorithm building a shadow profile. It's not a conspiracy; it's in their terms of service.
Your data funds the new empire.
Every photo, every document, every search — behavioral data. You think it's cloud storage. They think it's an AI training surveillance platform.
Your judge is a robot.
Oops. Account suspended. Fifteen years of email — gone. No appeal, no warning, no recourse. You never owned any of it. It was always their house.
We Handle the Tech.
You Enjoy the Freedom.
The tools of independence have been waiting for you — built by brilliant, stubborn, gloriously ungoverned people. Holtzhost gives you a full suite of open-source alternatives — fully running, fully managed, fully yours.
- We do the setup, configuration, updates, backups, and monitoring.
- Your data lives in your account — it never trains an AI
- It can never fund an advertising empire
- All the power of your own server — none of the 3am emergencies
Everything Big Tech Offers —
With None of The Data Leakage.
Every app below is open-source, self-hostable, and available to anyone.
Up and Running in Minutes.
Independent Forever.
Pick Your Plan
Pick what makes sense for you. Look at what you're currently using, what you want to replace, and what plan fits for you.
We Set Everything Up
Our team provisions your plan and verifies everything works before we hand you the keys. Consultation and help always available.
Out of the Cloud
You've stepped out of the cloud. Log in to your data. Nobody is reading it, mining it, or training on it, and we handle anything that breaks.
It Turns Out Independence
Is Remarkably Affordable.
One flat rate covers your entire stack — every app, fully managed.
No additional fees, or surprise overages.
Pricing is based (10) users with similar needs.
Sign up and we'll configure the exact stack you need.
Essentials
- Encrypted File Storage
- Time Machine Your Files
- Calendar and Contact sync
- 30 GB secure storage
- SSL, firewall & daily backups
- Unlimited users
Full Suite
- Everything in Essentials
- Tons more storage
- Email on your own domain
- Team communication over XMPP
- Collabora Online office suite
- 100 GB secure storage
- Priority support
Custom Stack
- Everything in Full Suite
- Immich photo storage
- Zammad ticket manager
- 300 GB secure storage
- Data migration support
- Priority support
The average person leaving the cloud saves 120% or more every month. That's not just a discount.
That's a reclassification — from dependent to sovereign.
All plans include full data ownership, no lock-in, support available. No proprietary cloud required.
Why Holtzhost
Why not just do it yourself? Honestly? You should — if you want to.
Learning to run your own servers is a genuinely rewarding, the same way learning to rebuild an engine or wire your own outlets is rewarding. There's real satisfaction in figuring it out, and we'd never talk you out of something you're curious about. Tinker away. See what works. Try not to make a mistake. That's how it works.
But not everyone wants to be their own mechanic, sometimes you just want to get in the car and go!
Think of us as the the express lane. The cheat code, Cliff's Notes version. You call us, tell us what you need, and within hours your whole stack is up and running — configured, locked down, backed up, and monitored. That's what we're here for.
What the DIY path takes
- Configuring and hardening the server yourself
- SSL certificates, renewals, and DNS — on you
- Patching security holes before they're exploited
- Debugging 3am email delivery failures
- Writing and testing your own backup procedures
- Keeping a dozen apps updated and compatible
- Rebuilding everything when the server dies
What we handle instead
- We provision and harden your infrastructure
- SSL and DNS — handled, never expiring on a Friday
- Security updates applied, not just flagged
- We get the 3am push notification, not you
- Automated, tested backups with retention
- App updates tested before they touch your stack
- Full disaster recovery, already in place
"We're not the only way to do this. We're just the fastest. You want it working now, and with fantastic support — we are the best."
The Door Out Has Always Been Open.
Maybe it was when you found out your emails were being scanned. Maybe it was when the ads got a little too accurate. Maybe it was the third time your data showed up in a breach notification.
Getting off Big Tech doesn't require building it yourself. Sign up for a plan and we'll get you set up — no lock-in, no surprises.