Shalomi is a sales executive at Meetrix, working where the customer, the technology and the commercial side meet. She takes the first inquiry, works out what the customer actually needs, and brings in the engineers who can build it. Very little of it is a simple purchase: self-hosted deployments, marketplace licensing and customised infrastructure all have to be understood before they can be quoted.
Her side of a project runs end to end. Quotations, proposals, statements of work, invoices, project updates and the support conversation afterwards all sit with her. A large part of the job is keeping customers and engineers reading the same page once a project touches cloud infrastructure or a deployment that has been changed to fit one client.
Day to day she works across AWS Marketplace and Google Cloud Marketplace listings and runs the customer pipeline through HubSpot, Zoho and Mailchimp. She holds a Bachelor of Management from the University of Kelaniya.
She writes the alternatives and head-to-head comparisons on this blog. Because she is the one fielding the questions, those articles answer what customers ask first: licensing, real hosting cost and how much work a migration turns out to be. Technical claims are reviewed by the engineers who maintain the corresponding deployment.
Deploy Milvus on Google Cloud in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace listing. Run a self-hosted vector database for RAG, semantic search, and embeddings, with no per-query billing.
Deploy Headscale on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured AWS Marketplace AMI. Run your own self-hosted Tailscale control server and mesh VPN coordination layer, with no per-device billing.
Deploy Supabase on Google Cloud in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace listing. Get Postgres, Auth, Storage, and Realtime running on your own infrastructure, with no Firebase-style usage billing.
NocoBase license and pricing explained, plus how to deploy your own instance on GCP in minutes. Try the NocoBase demo, then self-host with Meetrix for full data control and no per-seat fees.
Deploy a self-hosted Cal.diy scheduling platform on Google Cloud in minutes. Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace solution gives you full control over your bookings and calendar data, with no per-seat fees.
Metabase GCP deployment made simple: launch Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace image and self-host your business intelligence and analytics server with full data control, no per-seat fees.
The 10 most secure video conferencing platforms in 2026, compared on encryption, compliance, and ease of use, to help you pick secure online meeting platforms your team will actually use.
Launch a secure, scalable Apache Superset environment on AWS in minutes. Explore, visualize, and share data with our pre-configured, production-ready AMI.
Self-host Supabase on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured, production-ready deployment - the open-source Firebase alternative with full data control and 24/7 expert support.
Launch a fully self-hosted Appsmith AMI on AWS Marketplace with Meetrix. Build internal dashboards, admin panels, and custom apps on your own infrastructure in minutes.
Deploy Redash on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured AMI. Connect Redash to Postgres, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks, and more, then build dashboards without managing servers yourself.
Install Odoo on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured AMI. Launch a secure, scalable ERP and CRM suite that's production-ready out of the box.
A case study on how Workcast and Meetrix collaborate to innovate in the digital events market.
An honest look at Otter.ai's transcription accuracy, real-time transcription tool, speaker labeling, and pricing plans, plus self-hosted alternatives if you'd rather keep recordings off a third-party platform.
A practical Amazon Transcribe guide covering AWS setup, pricing, supported languages, and accuracy, and how it fits your AWS stack.
What is Jitsi, what does the name mean, and where is it used? A look at the open-source video conferencing platform across corporate, education, healthcare, and more, plus its security features.
Can you self-host Supabase on Google Cloud? Yes, on Compute Engine with Docker, though Cloud SQL Postgres has limits. Plus how it compares to Firebase.
Headscale vs Tailscale compared: running your own control server, the Headplane web UI, peer relays, SSO, and when managed Tailscale still wins.
Deploy Hermes Agent on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's CloudFormation stack. Run a self-improving AI agent with persistent memory across Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, and Signal, with no per-seat billing.
A practical guide to secure OpenClaw deployment: network isolation, least-privilege permissions, credential handling, skill review and a hardening checklist.
Deploy OpenClaw, a self-hosted AI assistant and automation gateway, on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's preconfigured AMI. Connect Telegram, Slack, Discord and more, and keep your data in your own AWS account.
Deploy Milvus on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured AWS Marketplace AMI. Run a self-hosted vector database for RAG, semantic search, and embeddings, with no per-query billing.
MongoDB Atlas vs self hosted, the real numbers: current MongoDB Atlas pricing against self hosted MongoDB AWS costs, including the engineering time most comparisons leave out.
Strapi vs Directus compared as APIs, not just content editors: native GraphQL, real-time subscriptions, and free granular permissions, for the best open source cms api to build on.
Best open source llm for coding in 2026: DeepSeek Coder vs Code Llama vs Codestral compared on real HumanEval, SWE-bench, and VRAM numbers for self-hosted deployments.
Rocket.Chat vs Mattermost compared from the hosting side: real server requirements, deployment models, and Mattermost vs Rocket.Chat pricing, for teams picking a self hosted Slack alternative.
Apache NiFi vs Airbyte compared honestly: real-time dataflow automation with full lineage versus a 600+ connector ELT platform, and what self-hosting each one actually costs.
Moodle vs Open edX compared honestly, plus Canvas: an open source lms comparison covering real self-hosting effort, not just feature checklists, for teams picking the best lms self hosted.
Fooocus vs Automatic1111 vs ComfyUI compared honestly: node-based control, the extension library everyone still uses, and which of the three is actually still shipping updates for models like Flux.1.
Jitsi Meet is a free, open-source alternative to Zoom. Here's how it actually compares on cost, limits, and security, and what Meetrix adds when you self-host it on AWS.
OpenWebUI vs LibreChat compared honestly, including a licensing change most reviews don't mention: OpenWebUI is no longer OSI-approved open source above 50 users.
Grafana vs Kibana compared honestly: data-source-agnostic dashboards against Elasticsearch's dedicated UI, current licensing, and which one actually fits your stack.
Appsmith vs Retool compared honestly: current pricing, and the retool self hosted pricing surprise most reviews don't mention, self-hosting Retool costs the same as its cloud.
NocoBase vs Airtable compared independently: free-tier record limits, real pricing, and what a plugin-based self-hosted no-code database actually gets you.
Wekan vs Trello compared: current pricing, free-tier board limits, and the trello data ownership question most reviews skip when talking about switching.
Authentik vs Authelia compared honestly: a full identity provider against lightweight forward-auth middleware, and why they're not really solving the same problem.
RustDesk vs TeamViewer vs AnyDesk compared: current pricing, and the self-hosting question most reviews get wrong, RustDesk isn't the only one that can, but it's the only one that's free.
Coolify vs Vercel and Netlify: the real signals it's time to leave managed hosting, current bandwidth pricing on both platforms, and what self-hosting actually costs instead.
The best self hosted LLM in 2026: Llama vs Mistral vs DeepSeek compared on licensing, benchmarks, and hardware footprint for real self-hosted deployments.
Flowise vs Langflow vs n8n compared honestly, including a licensing detail most roundups skip: n8n's Sustainable Use License restricts commercial and embedded use.
The best self hosted AI image generator in 2026: Fooocus vs AUTOMATIC1111 vs Easy Diffusion compared on setup, extensions, and why one of them stopped shipping major updates.
Strapi vs Directus compared honestly, including the licensing detail most reviews skip: Directus's self-hosted license is free only under $5M in revenue.
Nextcloud vs Google Drive for business compared: cost, storage, and the GDPR file storage angle Google's own EU data residency add-on can't fully solve.
Plane vs Jira compared honestly: pricing, self-hosting, and why Atlassian ending new Data Center sales in 2026 makes this a real self hosted Jira replacement question.
Ghost vs WordPress compared for self-hosted publishing: stack, security patching burden, built-in newsletters, and what each actually costs to run on your own server.
The best self hosted VPN options in 2026, compared honestly: OpenVPN Access Server, Headscale as a Tailscale alternative, and setting up WireGuard yourself.
OpenVPN vs WireGuard for business remote access: OpenVPN Access Server's user management versus what it actually takes to run a self-hosted WireGuard VPN for a team.
Rocket.Chat vs Mattermost compared honestly: omnichannel support, cost, stack, and scale, so you can pick the right self hosted Slack alternative.
Self-hosted Mattermost compared to SaaS Slack on cost, setup, permissions, scale, and lock-in, with current 2026 pricing for both, verdict included.
Metabase vs Redash vs Superset compared honestly: query builders, pricing and maintenance status, for teams weighing a real open source BI tools comparison.
Apache Superset vs Tableau compared: chart types, pricing and dashboards, so you can judge this open source Tableau alternative on its real merits.
ERPNext vs Odoo compared: pricing, modules and licensing, for an honest open source ERP comparison covering ERPNext pricing vs Odoo's Enterprise tiers.
Keycloak vs Auth0 compared: pricing, features and data control, so you can decide between a self hosted Auth0 alternative and managed SaaS identity.
Authentik vs Keycloak compared: features, protocols and licensing, so you can pick the right self hosted IdP for your open source identity provider comparison.
The best open source collaboration tools on AWS Marketplace: chat, video, files and project management AMIs you can self-host without per-seat pricing.
Coolify vs CapRover vs Dokploy compared: features, resource needs and pricing, so you can pick the right self hosted Heroku alternative for your team.
BigBlueButton vs Jitsi Meet compared: features, server requirements, breakout rooms and pricing, so you can pick the right open source video platform.
Deploy Plane on Google Cloud in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace listing. Run the open-source Jira alternative on your own infrastructure, with issues, cycles, and roadmaps included.
Deploy Redash on Google Cloud in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace listing. Query any data source, build dashboards, and keep every row of data inside your own GCP project.
Deploy Flowise on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured Marketplace listing. Build AI chatbots, RAG pipelines, and LLM agents on your own infrastructure, with full data control.
Deploy Directus on Google Cloud in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace listing. Turn your database into a REST and GraphQL API with full data control and no per-record fees.
Deploy a self-hosted OpenVPN server on Google Cloud in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace solution. Secure remote access to your VPC with full data control and no per-user fees.
Deploy a self-hosted Ghost publishing platform on AWS in minutes. Meetrix's pre-configured AWS Marketplace AMI gives you blogging, newsletters, and paid memberships, with no platform cut and no subscriber cap.
Deploy a self-hosted Listmonk newsletter and mailing list manager on Google Cloud Platform in minutes. Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace solution keeps your subscriber data and campaigns fully under your control.
Deploy a self-hosted Mailcow mail server on Google Cloud Platform in minutes. Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace solution bundles Postfix, Dovecot, SOGo webmail, and spam filtering, fully under your control.
Deploy a self-hosted OpenVPN server on AWS in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured AWS Marketplace AMI. Secure remote access to your VPC with full data control and no per-user fees.
Deploy RustDesk on Google Cloud in minutes with Meetrix's pre-configured Ubuntu Server image. Secure, self-hosted remote desktop - no TeamViewer fees.
Deploy a production-ready Coturn TURN/STUN server on Google Cloud Platform in minutes. Meetrix's pre-configured GCP Marketplace solution handles NAT traversal for WebRTC, VoIP, and real-time apps.
Discover the best video conferencing tools of 2026 with detailed analysis of features, pros, and cons. From Zoom to Jitsi Meet, find the perfect solution for your remote work and virtual collaboration needs.
Learn how to set up NocoBase with custom database configurations on AWS for scalable no-code application development.
Deploy TimescaleDB with Grafana and Prometheus on AWS for time-series data monitoring and visualization.
Deploy Mattermost on AWS using our pre-configured AMI for secure team collaboration.
Step-by-step guide to deploy Apache NiFi on AWS for data flow automation and processing.
Deploy OpenWebUI Ollama on AWS for local AI model serving and web interface.
Step-by-step guide to deploy Directus headless CMS on AWS using Meetrix's optimized configuration for scalable content management.
Deploy Moodle learning management system on AWS using Meetrix for educational institutions.
A detailed case study on how Meetrix.io's expertise in Jitsi helped Orga-Support resolve critical communication issues, enhancing their collaboration and operational efficiency.
The largest residential ship in the market deploys Meetrix to improve Real-Time Communication on a unified platform and boost collaboration between members of staff on and off-board.
Pioneer Communications Platform Huddle XR leveraged Meetrix to strengthen the core of their communication platforms and enhance security.
Shalomi Umeshika is a Sales Executive at Meetrix, with 79 published articles on the Meetrix blog. Sales executive at Meetrix. Handles inquiries, quotations, proposals, statements of work and invoicing, works out what a customer actually needs, and keeps them and the engineers aligned once a project is running.
Mainly Development, Collaboration, LLMs & APIs. Development makes up the largest share of the work, with 35 published articles.
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