Self-hosted revenue analytics. Your data never leaves your servers.
Commercial analytics providers demand access to your full payment history and store customer emails on shared multi-tenant clouds. Indic8 lets you run your own revenue intelligence stack on Docker, local SQLite, or serverless on Vercel and Neon.
Real Comparison: Self-Hosted Indic8 vs. Third-Party Cloud SaaS
Why privacy-first founders choose self-hosting over multi-tenant analytics vendors.
| Attribute | Self-Hosted Indic8 | Third-Party Cloud SaaS |
|---|---|---|
| Database Location | Your private VPS / PostgreSQL instance | Shared multi-tenant proprietary cloud |
| Customer PII Retention | Zero customer PII stored (Edge cryptographic salting) | Retains customer emails, names, billing info |
| API Token Security | Restricted keys stored in your own local environment variables | API secrets transmitted to vendor servers |
| Vendor Lock-In | Zero. AGPLv3 license with full database export anytime | Proprietary schemas, difficult migrations |
| Ongoing Software Costs | $0 (Only standard server hosting costs) | Perpetual monthly fee that increases as MRR grows |
Choose Your Deployment Target
Indic8 is architected to deploy cleanly on single containers or scalable serverless infrastructure.
Ideal for DigitalOcean, Hetzner, AWS EC2, or your home server. Spins up the Next.js frontend, Node.js ingestion worker, PostgreSQL database, and Redis cache in isolated containers.
git clone https://github.com/hoshine-labs/indic8.git
docker compose up -d
Deploy Indic8 serverless on Vercel paired with a free autoscaling Postgres database on Neon. Zero server maintenance, instant cold starts, and automated edge branch deployments.
# Set DATABASE_URL from Neon console
vercel deploy --prod
Self-Hosting Guides & Security Specifications
Detailed guides covering database migrations, backups, environment variables, and the Zero-PII guarantee.