I've been self-hosting Bitwarden (and giving them money) for a few years now, it is really easy with Docker and a reverse proxy. What kind of challenges did you encounter with Bitwarden?
But also what about the whole lifecycle?
I can easily deploy a HA Postgres cluster that is backed up for me. I'd have to do the same thing to back up BW.
For real? That would mean a requirement for a software license that costs about $1,000 for the cheapest option.
"All Bitwarden self-hosted server deployments, except for unified, ship with an MSSQL Express image by default."