Films & series library · Music library
Plex
Polished media server with a cloud account in the middle.
proprietary self-hostable Plex · USPlays your own library well, but every login and much of the metadata pass through Plex's servers in the United States.
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How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
| Hosted outside Europe | servers outside Europe | ≈ €5/mo flat | red — Hosted outside Europe: your data sits under non-European jurisdiction. |
Facts
| Company / project | Plex (US) |
|---|---|
| Licence | proprietary |
| Self-hosting footprint | 1024 MB RAM · 1 vCPU · 10 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Alternatives to it here | Jellyfin |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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