Trying to break down the rough cost to do this via a SaaS, someone correct me if I'm wrong here:

- 4 cores/6GB RAM is $40/mo on DigitalOcean, and that's with only 160GB storage. Lowest AWS S3 tier is $0.023/GB, so assuming 1-2TB of photos that's $30-40 for additional storage.

- The non-named company's 2TB subscription is $100/mo, translating to savings of only ~$20.

- Building a server would be probably ~$250, electricity costs per month could vary greatly but maybe $30-50?. So would pay off after ~3 years.