Should I self-host Baserow?
The cloud plan charges $12/user for the open-source software's hosted convenience. Baserow's all-in-one image (embedded Postgres and Redis) took the longest first boot of this batch but runs itself afterwards.
Managed scaling and premium plan features (some are license-gated)
no-code database · grid & gallery views · collaboration · REST API
* Percent of the subscription price. Your time is priced at the slider's rate — $0/h ("my homelab time is free and I love it") is a legitimate position. Every number is derived from the record, never hand-written. Price source, checked 2026-08-07.
Runs comfortably on a real VPS (2 GB+).
Boot to healthy measured at 91s on the 2GB reference env
# Baserow — all-in-one image (embedded postgres+redis) for the test protocol
services:
baserow:
image: baserow/baserow:1.30.1
container_name: baserow
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
BASEROW_PUBLIC_URL: http://localhost:8104
ports:
- "8104:80"
volumes:
- baserow-data:/baserow/data
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -sf http://localhost:80/api/_health/ >/dev/null || exit 1"]
interval: 10s
timeout: 10s
retries: 60
start_period: 90s
volumes:
baserow-data:
Want a guided install instead? caniselfhostit.com/baserow-cloud has AI-agent prompts that assume a bare machine — that's their half of the stool, and it's good.
FULL TIMED LOG
# Baserow — verdict log - **Date:** 2026-08-10 - **Verdict:** YES — worth it - **Protocol:** v1 (2GB reference env, Docker preinstalled, AI assistant: claude-code) ## Setup evidence - Compose: `compose/baserow-cloud-baserow.yml` - Boot to healthy: **91s** measured this session - Setup time recorded: 27 min (boot + configuration to first working workflow) ## What broke / notes - Boot to healthy measured at 91s on the 2GB reference env ## The call The cloud plan charges $12/user for the open-source software's hosted convenience. Baserow's all-in-one image (embedded Postgres and Redis) took the longest first boot of this batch but runs itself afterwards.