NEW 2026.10 RELEASE 45 Commercial SaaS Tools mapped to 71 Self-Hosted & Local AI Alternatives with instant Caddy Auto-SSL Docker configs.
OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: AGPL-3.0 ★ 61.2k GitHub Stars

Replace Notion with Self-Hosted AppFlowy

Open-source AI workspace for wikis, projects, and databases with local-first privacy Stop paying Business ($12/seat/mo) ($120/mo for a 10-person team) and run AppFlowy on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings
+$1,386 / yr
vs Notion standard plan
Container RAM & vCPU
1024 MB RAM
1.0 vCPU • Migration: Easy (Direct Notion import)
Recommended Cloud Box
$4.50/mo VPS
Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Notion (Business ($12/seat/mo)) vs AppFlowy on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size Notion Cost AppFlowy VPS Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo) $12.00/mo ($144/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$90 / year
5 Seats $60.00/mo ($720/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$666 / year
10 Seats $120.00/mo ($1,440/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,386 / year
25 Seats $300.00/mo ($3,600/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$3,546 / year
50 Seats $600.00/mo ($7,200/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$7,146 / year
100 Seats $1,200.00/mo ($14,400/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$14,346 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: AppFlowy (Replaces Notion)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  appflowy:
    image: appflowyinc/appflowy_cloud:latest
    container_name: stack-appflowy
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "RUST_LOG=info"
      - "APPFLOWY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}@postgres:5432/appflowy"
      - "APPFLOWY_REDIS_URI=redis://redis:6379"
    volumes:
      - appflowy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    container_name: stack-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  appflowy_data:
  postgres_data:
  redis_data:
Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):
# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for AppFlowy
appflowy.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy appflowy:8000
}

Why Teams Switch to AppFlowy

  • ✓Kanban, Grid, Calendar & Doc views
  • ✓Works with local Ollama LLMs
  • ✓Desktop + mobile native apps
GitHub Repository AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy
Official Website appflowy.io
Docker Image appflowyinc/appflowy_cloud:latest
Database Needed PostgreSQL 16 + Redis
PRODUCTION BOILERPLATE ZIP

Get All 16 Pre-Built Production Stacks + Encrypted S3 Backups

Includes pre-tuned docker-compose.yml, Caddy Auto-SSL, AES-256 encrypted nightly S3/R2 Postgres backups, and Ubuntu 24.04 UFW/Fail2ban hardening scripts.