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Re:Show HN: I'm building an app to replace Overleaf and Notion by paxys on Sunday June 22, 2025 @11:20AM (#44347633)
> Honestly if Notion would offer a self hosted version for companies, that would be a killer feature

Cloud hosting is the killer feature. No one wants to be in the hosting business. There are enough other things for a company to worry about.

Managing servers, deployments, zero downtime upgrades, security patches, monitoring CVEs, auth, 2FA, lost passwords, DDoS attacks, database maintenance, sharding, migration, load balancing, caching, DNS, reliability, latency, uptime, load testing, a million different dashboards, 24x7 on call... Paying $10/mo to offload all of this is a steal.

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Re:Show HN: I'm building an app to replace Overleaf and Notion by razemio on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:16PM (#44348093)
That is so not true. At least here in germany cloud for any reputable company is at least difficult. Even with compliances in place. Self hosted is the prefered option for every company I worked for.
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Re:Show HN: I'm building an app to replace Overleaf and Notion by kristianc on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:25PM (#44348176)
Most markets are not Germany.
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Re:Show HN: I'm building an app to replace Overleaf and Notion by mus1cfl0w on Sunday June 22, 2025 @01:27PM (#44348610)
Self hosting is a must for many companies working with strict regulatory compliance and security requirements. This is not exclusive to Germany and something I’m dealing with daily in the US..
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Re:Show HN: I'm building an app to replace Overleaf and Notion by input_sh on Sunday June 22, 2025 @11:50AM (#44347886)
As if all self-hosted software don't also have a cloud hosting option as a way of generating income.
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Re:Show HN: I'm building an app to replace Overleaf and Notion by sky2224 on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @05:18PM (#44381920)
Not true in my experience. A lot of companies make self-hosting a requirement since they're working with sensitive data that they want to keep on premises.
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