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Replace ngrok Pro with Self-Hosted frp / Rathole

Fast reverse proxy written in Go/Rust to expose local servers behind NAT or firewalls to your VPS Stop paying Pro ($20/dev/mo reserved domains) ($200/mo for a 10-person team) and run frp / Rathole on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$2,346 / yr

vs ngrok Pro standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

64 MB RAM

0.25 vCPU • Migration: Instant

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Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

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

Comparing ngrok Pro (Pro ($20/dev/mo reserved domains)) vs frp / Rathole on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	ngrok Pro Cost	frp / Rathole VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$20.00/mo ($240/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$186 / year
5 Seats	$100.00/mo ($1,200/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,146 / year
10 Seats	$200.00/mo ($2,400/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$2,346 / year
25 Seats	$500.00/mo ($6,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$5,946 / year
50 Seats	$1,000.00/mo ($12,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$11,946 / year
100 Seats	$2,000.00/mo ($24,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$23,946 / 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: frp / Rathole (Replaces ngrok Pro)
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

  frp-bore:
    image: snowdreamtech/frps:latest
    container_name: stack-frp-bore
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "FRP_TOKEN=${FRP_TOKEN:-super_secret_tunnel_token}"
    volumes:
      - frp_bore_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  frp_bore_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for frp / Rathole
frp-bore.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy frp-bore:7000
}

Why Teams Switch to frp / Rathole

✓88k+ GitHub stars—battle-tested worldwide
✓Unlimited custom wildcard subdomains on your VPS
✓Uses <25MB RAM

GitHub Repository fatedier/frp

Official Website github.com/fatedier/frp

Docker Image snowdreamtech/frps:latest

Database Needed Built-in / SQLite

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