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🔴 Hard
SaaS cost 59€/mo 3Commas Pro: $59/mo. Cryptohopper: $24-99/mo depending on features.
Self-host cost 5€/mo Part of existing VPS (~800 MB RAM, 2 GB limit). CPU during backtesting.
You save €648/yr Pays back: 1st month
Time Investment
Initial Setup 4h Docker compose, exchange API keys, strategy configuration, webhook setup
Monthly Maintenance 2h/mo Strategy monitoring, exchange API key rotation, log cleanup, Docker updates
Risks & Trade-offs
- ⚠️ You manage your own exchange API keys — security is on you
- ⚠️ Trading bots can lose real money if misconfigured
- ⚠️ Backtesting is CPU-intensive on shared VPS
- ⚠️ No mobile app — browser-only dashboard
🐕We run this:Personal crypto trading bot. Deployed on the same VPS with 2 GB memory limit.
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