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DevOps14 min read

Laravel Cloud Alternatives in Europe: GDPR-Compliant Laravel Hosting (2026)

Laravel Cloud is slick — but it runs on AWS us-east. For European teams worried about GDPR, Schrems II, pricing, or vendor lock-in, there are better options. Compare Laravel Forge + DanubeData VPS, Managed Apps, Fly.io, Vapor, and self-managed Octane stacks. Full pricing, migration guide, and a recommended €38/mo production stack in Germany.

Adrian Silaghi2,428 views
Business14 min read

Heroku Alternatives in 2026: Where to Deploy After the Free Tier Ended

Heroku killed its free tier in 2022 and raised prices twice since. Here are the 9 best Heroku alternatives in 2026 compared side-by-side: Railway, Render, Fly.io, DigitalOcean App Platform, Platform.sh, Dokku, Coolify, CapRover, and DanubeData. Pricing, buildpacks, regions, GDPR, and migration notes included.

Adrian Silaghi3,104 views
Tutorials14 min read

Self-Host Strapi or Directus: Open-Source Headless CMS Setup Guide (2026)

Pick between Strapi and Directus, then self-host a modern headless CMS on your own VPS in under an hour. Complete 2026 guide with Docker Compose, managed Postgres, S3 for media, reverse proxy, backups, and a cost breakdown that beats Contentful by 90%.

Adrian Silaghi3,310 views
Tutorials14 min read

Self-Host Matomo or Umami: GDPR-Compliant Google Analytics Alternatives (2026)

Tired of cookie banners, GA4's cryptic UI, and shipping your visitors' data to Google? Self-host Matomo (the feature-rich "WordPress of analytics") or Umami (modern, minimal, blazing fast) on a European VPS for a few euros per month. Full Docker walkthrough, GDPR deep-dive, GA4 migration tips, and a head-to-head comparison.

Adrian Silaghi2,861 views

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