Pricing
ElfHosted is a subscription-based app hosting service. You pay monthly per app or per bundle. Storage is bring-your-own, so the size of your media library doesn't change the price you pay each month. Almost everything starts on a $1, 7-day trial.
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How pricing works
ElfHosted has two product buckets:
| Bucket | What it is | How it's priced |
|---|---|---|
| Individual apps | Single managed app (Plex, Jellyfin, Radarr, Komga, Audiobookshelf, etc.) | Monthly subscription per app, typically $9/month with a $1, 7-day trial |
| Bundles / personal stacks | Pre-configured combinations of apps that work together (player + Aars + debrid, or player + Aars + Usenet) | Single monthly subscription that's cheaper than the same apps bought individually |
Both include the ElfHosted platform: SSO, automation, monitoring, ElfBot config backups, and the homer/homepage dashboards. Storage is not part of the subscription — see below for how that works.
Bundles vs individual apps
For most users, a bundle is cheaper and easier than buying the same apps individually. Bundles also pre-configure apps to talk to each other (Radarr knows about Decypharr, Decypharr knows about Real-Debrid, the player knows about the symlink mount), so you avoid most of the connect-apps wiring.
Pick individual apps when:
- You want a specific single app and don't need the rest of a media stack.
- You're augmenting an existing bundle with a single extra app.
- The combination you want isn't covered by a standard bundle.
Pick a bundle when:
- You're starting fresh and want a working stack within minutes.
- You want pricing that's cheaper than the sum of the apps inside it.
- You want pre-wired connections between the apps so you can skip most of the per-app config.
Bundle tiers, briefly
Bundle tier names are themed (Hobbit, Ranger, Wizard) and roughly map to bandwidth. The store pages have the current pricing and the trial terms for each:
- Personal media stacks combine a player (Plex / Jellyfin / Emby), an automation layer (Radarr / Sonarr or SeerrBridge), and a content layer (Real-Debrid, Usenet, or both).
- Stremio addon bundles wrap one or more managed Stremio addons with sensible defaults. See the Stremio Addons Guide for picks and rationale.
- Single-app subscriptions for everything else, from Immich to BookLore to Vaultwarden.
What's not in the price
- Bring-your-own debrid accounts. Real-Debrid, TorBox, and similar services are paid directly to the upstream provider with your own account.
- Bring-your-own Usenet accounts. Usenet provider subscriptions are separate, though some bundles include a managed Usenet provider as a shortcut.
- Storage. ElfHosted hosts apps, not your library. You attach your own storage with one click: a Hetzner Storage Box, or any rclone-compatible cloud you already use. Your data stays portable and your monthly ElfHosted bill is the same whether your library is 200 GB or 20 TB.
- Excess egress on the larger streaming tiers. Each bundle has a fair-use bandwidth budget. Most users never reach it; very high traffic users size up to a tier with more headroom.
$1, 7-day trial
Almost every app and bundle has a $1, 7-day trial. The handful that don't are the larger streaming bundles, where users typically start on a smaller bundle and upgrade once they've validated the setup. ElfHosted operates a no-refund policy, so the $1 trial is the standard way to confirm a product fits before committing.
Common questions
Can I cancel at any time?
Yes. Cancel from My Account; the cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. See the trial page for the cancellation flow.
Do I need to pay separately for SSO, monitoring, and backups?
No. SSO, ElfBot config backups, health monitoring, and the homer/homepage dashboards are included with every subscription.
Are there discounts for paying annually?
Annual pricing comes and goes as promotions; the store product page is authoritative. Referrals and ElfPoints earned through community contributions are a separate way to reduce costs over time.
How does ElfHosted compare to running this on my own hardware?
Running this stack on your own hardware costs the hardware plus electricity (24/7 uptime adds up), plus your time on initial setup, monitoring, recovery, and updates. ElfHosted trades those for a monthly subscription. If your time is worth more than the subscription, the math usually works out in ElfHosted's favour. The Run Plex without a home server guide has a full cost breakdown for the Plex case specifically, and the migration guide covers the practical move from unRAID, TrueNAS, Synology, or Docker.
