# May First reportback

### [https://mayfirst.coop/en/](https://mayfirst.coop/en/)

### Cost inquiry in 8/12/25 ~LP

I sent an email asking about costs before I found their pricing page, it's a bit complicated, so dialogue might still be necessary: [https://mayfirst.coop/en/member-benefits/](https://mayfirst.coop/en/member-benefits/)

Basic shared hosting for us would be $125/yr for basic services and 100G (Plan 2)

A VPS (fully managed or partially managed) would be $70/month for 25 GB system disk, 1 CPU core, 1 GB of RAM.

### Server & Applications

Most users run shared infra. Creates some limitations on docker based stuff: [https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/shared-hosting-supported-applications](https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/shared-hosting-supported-applications)

But they do offer VPS services as well: https://mayfirst.coop/en/services/

Core offerings:

- Email is structured with separate components for user/address/inbox, see: [https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/about-email](https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/about-email)
- Mailing lists via GNU [Mailman](https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/)
- Websites (HTML or CMS-based) [https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/about-websites](https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/about-websites)
- [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com) - Unclear what modules they have running
- Chat/forums - Jabber/XMPP ([Gajim](https://gajim.org/)), [Discourse](https://www.discourse.org)
- Videoconference - [Jitsi](https://meet.jit.si)

### Infrastructure map/topology

[https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/why-new-infrastructure](https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/why-new-infrastructure)

### Red flags & potential issues

##### Documentation

Some of their help pages and documentation is incomplete or broken

[![Screenshot 2025-08-12 at 5.36.58 PM.png](https://fortunate-mink.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/screenshot-2025-08-12-at-5-36-58-pm-png.png)](https://fortunate-mink.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/scaled-1680-/screenshot-2025-08-12-at-5-36-58-pm-png.png)

^^^ [https://help.mayfirst.org/en/links/common-tasks](https://help.mayfirst.org/en/links/common-tasks)