[gorgonzolachz]

Synapse is essentially invisible on a $5/mo digitalocean VM, in my experience. I don't have too many people on it, but I've run my own server for about a year and a half now and I've had no issues whatsoever. Throw it on a VM if you have one lying around, and if not you can always spin up a new one and use it for any other services you want to host in the future.

[johnchristopher]

It was fine for me until I federated and the avatar folder grew over the gigabyte because joining another room triggers the downloading and caching of pictures and there are no thumbnails.