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Replace Segment / RudderStack Cloud with Self-Hosted Jitsu

100% open-source Segment alternative for real-time event streaming into ClickHouse, Postgres, BigQuery & S3 Stop paying Team ($120/mo + MTU overages) ($120/mo for a 10-person team) and run Jitsu on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$1,386 / yr

vs Segment / RudderStack Cloud standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

512 MB RAM

1.0 vCPU • Migration: Very Easy (Drop-in Segment `analytics.js` protocol)

Recommended Cloud Box

$4.50/mo VPS

Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Segment / RudderStack Cloud (Team ($120/mo + MTU overages)) vs Jitsu on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	Segment / RudderStack Cloud Cost	Jitsu VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
5 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
10 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
25 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
50 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year
100 Seats	$120.00/mo ($1,440/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,386 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Jitsu (Replaces Segment / RudderStack Cloud)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  jitsu:
    image: jitsucom/jitsu:latest
    container_name: stack-jitsu
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "JITSU_PUBLIC_URL=https://events.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
    volumes:
      - jitsu_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    container_name: stack-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  jitsu_data:
  postgres_data:
  redis_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Jitsu
jitsu.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy jitsu:8000
}

Why Teams Switch to Jitsu

✓Wire-compatible with Segment SDKs
✓Unlimited MTUs & event routing
✓JavaScript transformation functions

GitHub Repository jitsucom/jitsu

Official Website jitsu.com

Docker Image jitsucom/jitsu:latest

Database Needed PostgreSQL 16 + Redis

1-Click Cloud VPS Hosting

Deploy Jitsu in 60 Seconds

Sized automatically for Jitsu (512MB container RAM + OS overhead).

Hetzner Cloud (CX22)

Includes €20 Free Cloud Credit

$4.50/mo →

DigitalOcean Droplet

Includes $200 60-Day Free Credit

$24.00/mo →

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Zero server maintenance

$5.00/mo →

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