Plex has a few more features with plex pass.

However I switched to jellyfin a few years ago because I found everything to be too limiting and dependent on them. Including the necessity to pay for codecs / playback on some of their mobile apps.

Jellyfin is a lot less polished, but it works well and you’re in control of everything.

I would recommend trying out jellyfin first. If you encounter some deal breaking issue or aren’t happy with it, check our plex.

That sums it up really well.

I generally tend to try to use containers for everything and only branch out to VMs if it doesn’t work or I need more separation.

This is my general recommendation as containers are easier to set up and in my opinion individual software packages are easier to maintain with things like compose. I have limited time for my self hosted instance and that took away a lot of work, especially when updating.

That sums it up really well.

I generally tend to try to use containers for everything and only branch out to VMs if it doesn’t work or I need more separation.

This is my general recommendation as containers are easier to set up and in my opinion individual software packages are easier to maintain with things like compose. I have limited time for my self hosted instance and that took away a lot of work, especially when updating.