@shanie appreciate the advice, but that's too much work when we already have enough sysadmin work to keep us busy, which is why I'm looking for managed hosting.

@tezoatlipoca It's all a flat cost every month, so not sure of specifics. I just know that our database continuously grows at a rate that means we either need to further limit our data retention or upgrade every 2 or 3 months, since that's what the subscription price is connected to.

(Also glad you enjoy WriteFreely!)

We've already had to adjust our content retention settings to stay within our storage limits -- we currently delete content older than 5.5 years, which isn't ideal for an instance that's been running for 9 years. Still, our database grows constantly, currently exploding past 220 GB.

If you have any leads on a host that could accommodate us at a decent price, it'd be much appreciated!

Can anyone recommend some relatively affordable managed #Mastodon hosting?

We've been with the absolutely fantastic Masto.host since starting Writing.Exchange in 2017, but it's become prohibitively expensive -- especially for a community of only ~250 active users, as our hosting costs are about to increase another $50 to $589/month this month.

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