Yeah that doesn't surprise me, you pretty much have to pay them regularly if using Cloudron, even as an individual, whereas nobody hosting their own Sandstorm server ever had to pay anything. Even when Cloudron was open source, updates weren't automatic unless you subscribed.
I think personal servers is pretty key, so I'm glad there are a few endeavors working on it.
I think personal servers is pretty key, so I'm glad there are a few endeavors working on it.